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33 So he named the well, “The Well of the Oath,”[a] and the city that grew up there was named “Oath,” and is called that to this day.

34 Esau, at the age of forty, married a girl named Judith, daughter of Be-eri the Hethite; and he also married Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hethite. 35 But Isaac and Rebekah were bitter about his marrying them.

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  1. Genesis 26:33 The Well of the Oath, i.e., Shibah. Oath, i.e., Beer-sheba.

33 He called it Shibah,[a] and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.[b](A)

Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing

34 When Esau was forty years old,(B) he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.(C) 35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.(D)

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  1. Genesis 26:33 Shibah can mean oath or seven.
  2. Genesis 26:33 Beersheba can mean well of the oath and well of seven.