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

What does Genesis 26:35 mean?

Esau was foolish in marrying two wives together, and still more in marrying Canaanites, strangers to the blessing of Abraham, and subject to the curse of Noah.

Key themes

HopeSuffering and trialsPeaceCreation

Read with

Keep this verse inside Genesis 26:34-35 and alongside a few nearby related passages.

Glossary

Isaac Person

Laughter. (1) Israel, or the kingdom of the ten tribes ( Amos 7:9 , 16). (2. ) The only son of Abraham by Sarah. He was the longest lived of the three patriarchs ( Gen. 21:1-3 ).

Rebekah Person

A noose, the daughter of Bethuel, and the wife of Isaac ( Gen. 22:23 ; 24:67 ). The circumstances under which Abraham’s “steward” found her at the “city of Nahor,” in Padan-aram, are narrated in Gen. 24-27.