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Esau and Rebekah
How Esau and Rebekah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Rebekah was a parent of Esau.
Esau was Rebekah's elder son. His Hittite wives were "a grief of mind" to her, and she dressed Jacob in Esau's raiment to take the blessing.
Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite
Genesis 26:34, King James Version
Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah
Genesis 26:35, King James Version
Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau
Genesis 27:15, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 27:41-46
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 26:34
34And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
Genesis 26:35
35Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Genesis 27:15
15And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
Genesis 27:41-46
41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
42And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
44And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;
45Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
King James Version