31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. 33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day. 34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah (Genesis 26: 31-35).
The marriage of Esau to a Hittite was a source of problem and conflict to Isaac and Rebekah. Esau seems to have made choices that would cause problems throughout his life. Remember he sold his birthright for food and now he married someone from a nation that did not acknowledge the one true God. It is difficult to follow God when married to someone that is in opposition to God. And this is why Isaac and Rebekah were so concerned.
The marriage of Esau to a Hittite was a source of problem and conflict to Isaac and Rebekah. Esau seems to have made choices that would cause problems throughout his life. Remember he sold his birthright for food and now he married someone from a nation that did not acknowledge the one true God. It is difficult to follow God when married to someone that is in opposition to God. And this is why Isaac and Rebekah were so concerned.
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