They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah. The grief is the consequence of Esau's indifference to covenant life. The same man who sold his birthright for stew now brings into the family two women who will bring grief to his parents. Proverbs 17:25 describes the grief a foolish child brings to a father and mother. The application: the consequences of the birthright sale in Genesis 25:34 and the Canaanite marriages in this verse are the accumulating evidence that Esau despises the covenant inheritance.

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