Genesis 26:35

What does Genesis 26:35 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 26:35 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they both offended the mind of Isaac and Rebecca.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca.

Context

v.34And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

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Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 27:46

    And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

  • Genesis 28:8

    and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

  • Genesis 6:2

    that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

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