LIFE SCRIPTS

6 Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,” 7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram. 8 Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac; 9 so he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had.
Genesis 28:6‭-‬9 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/gen.28.6-9.NIV.

Scripture here reveals to us the possibility of a parental lapse when it came to the nurture of Esau. He went ahead and married an Ishmaelite woman to add on to the tally of wives he had. It seemed as if Esau was an impulsive actor. If he felt dissatisfied or with a certain urge, he would try to act in a certain way to fulfill that urge. Remember when he sold his birthright to his brother? He seemed to seek less advise but act fast. Here he was adding insult to injury. Instead of remaining committed to the wives he already had, he went ahead to marry another one. Our impulsive actions can lead us into very unfamiliar waters. I remember the times when I make impulsive decisions without consulting God or His people. The results are always regrets. Perhaps this was the opportunity for Esau to reconcile with his parents because of the distress his wives had brought to them. Perhaps it was time to seek to know what his parents expected of his spouses so that he could instill it in them. When we realize that we’ve made a mistake, we mustn’t go ahead and add on to it another mistake. Instead, we must take stock of where we are at and seek God to guide us towards a better place.