#General Information:

Most of Genesis 26 was about Isaac. These verses are about his older son Esau.

#forty

"40" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:translate_numbers]])

#he took a wife

"he married." It can be stated explicitly that he married two women. AT: "he took two wives" (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_explicit]])

#Judith ... Basemath

These are names of Esau's wives. (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names]])

#Beeri ... Elon

These are names of men. (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names]])

#the Hittite

"the descendant of Heth" or "a descendant of Heth" (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names]])

#They brought sorrow to Isaac and Rebekah

Here "they" refers to Judith and Basemath. To make someone sorrowful or miserable is spoken of as if "sorrow" were an object that a person could bring to another person. AT: "They made Isaac and Rebekah sorrowful" or "Isaac and Rebekah were miserable because of them" (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor]])