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Esau already had several wives, but he now realized how much his father hated the Canaanite women. So he married Ishmael's daughter Mahalath, who was the sister of Nebaioth[a] and the granddaughter of Abraham.

Jacob's Dream at Bethel

10 (A) Jacob left the town of Beersheba and started out for Haran.

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Footnotes

  1. 28.9 Nebaioth: Ishmael's oldest son (see 25.13).

Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women(A) were to his father Isaac;(B) so he went to Ishmael(C) and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth(D) and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had.(E)

Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

10 Jacob left Beersheba(F) and set out for Harran.(G)

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