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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_went ˊĒsāv to Yishəmāˊēʼl/(Ishmael) and_he/it_took DOM Mahalath the_daughter of_Yishəmāˊēʼl/(Ishmael) the_son of_ʼAⱱrāhām the_sister of_Nəⱱāyōt to wives_his to_him/it to/for_(a)_woman.
OET (OET-RV) so he went to Ishma’el and he took Mahalath as an additional wife. She was the daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, and was the sister of Nevayot.
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ עֵשָׂ֖ו אֶל יִשְׁמָעֵ֑אל
and=he/it_went ˊĒsāv to/towards Yishəmāˊēʼl/(Ishmael)
Most likely Ishmael was already dead by this time, so that Esau went to the region where Ishmael’s children and other descendants were living. Alternate translation: “Then Esau traveled to the clan of Ishmael”
Note 1 topic: translate-kinship
אֲח֧וֹת נְבָי֛וֹת
sister Nəⱱāyōt
Be consistent here with how you spelled Nebaioth in Gen 25:13. Since Nebaioth was Ishmael’s oldest child, Mahalath was his younger sister, probably from the same mother. Use a kinship term here in your language for sister or “brother” that fits with those facts. Alternate translation: “and who was the younger sister of Nebaioth,” or “and whose older brother was Nebaioth,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
עַל נָשָׁ֖יו ל֥וֹ
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in wives,his to=him/it
For some languages it may be better to change the order of some of the clauses in this sentence and say, “So, in addition to the two wives he already had, Esau went to the family of Abraham’s son Ishmael and married Ishmael’s daughter Mahalath, whose brother was Nebaioth.” Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “besides the two wives he already had.”
28:6-9 Esau, the unchosen son still trying to please his father, married a woman from the unchosen line of Ishmael, which he thought would be more acceptable. He did not understand the uniqueness of the covenant family.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_went ˊĒsāv to Yishəmāˊēʼl/(Ishmael) and_he/it_took DOM Mahalath the_daughter of_Yishəmāˊēʼl/(Ishmael) the_son of_ʼAⱱrāhām the_sister of_Nəⱱāyōt to wives_his to_him/it to/for_(a)_woman.
OET (OET-RV) so he went to Ishma’el and he took Mahalath as an additional wife. She was the daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, and was the sister of Nevayot.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.