mahalah

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Accordingly, his marriage to Mahalath was ke-mahalah (as an affliction) and only increased the pain his parents had suffered upon his first marriages (Gen. Rabbah 67: 8, 13).

Esau, Wives of: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009
If he had married Mahalath to fulfill his parents’ bidding, he should have divorced them; since he did not do so, he merely increased his parents’ pain and suffering (mahalah, literally, sickness).

Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009