Genesis 26:35

33 So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
KJV
Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
WEB
They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.
ASV
And they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
DARBY
And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca.
BLB
and they were a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.
ÅB
Men de ble en hjertesorg for Isak og Rebekka.
[^1]: strid.
[^2]: fiendskap.
[^3]: åpent rom.
[^4]: ed.
[^5]: 1MO 21, 31.
OTB
De brakte sorg til Isak og Rebekka.
B1930
Men de blev en hjertesorg for Isak og Rebekka.

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