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Now when Esau, one of the sons of Isaac, whom the father principally
loved, was now come to the age of forty years, he married Adah, the daughter
of Helon, and Aholibamah, the daughter of Esebeon; which Helon and Esebeon
were great lords among the Canaanites: thereby taking upon himself the
authority, and pretending to have dominion over his own marriages, without
so much as asking the advice of his father; for had Isaac been the arbitrator,
he had not given him leave to marry thus, for he was not pleased with contracting
any alliance with the people of that country; but not caring to be uneasy
to his son by commanding him to put away these wives, he resolved to be
silent.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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