Esau hath taken his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,Genesis 36:2 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleHis wives - It appears that Esau's wives went by very different names. Aholibamah is named Judith, Genesis 26:34; Adah is called Bashemath in the same place; and she who is here called Bashemath is called Mahalath, Genesis 28:9. These are variations which cannot be easily accounted for; and they are not of sufficient importance to engross much time. It is well known that the same persons in Scripture are often called by different names.
Anah the daughter of Zibeon - But this same Anah is said to be the son of Zibeon, Genesis 36:24, though in this and Genesis 36:14 he is said to be the daughter of Zibeon. But the Samaritan, the Septuagint, (and the Syriac, in Genesis 36:2), read son instead of daughter, which Houbigant and Kennicott contend to be the true reading. Others say that daughter should be referred to Aholibamah, who was the daughter of Anah, and granddaughter of Zibeon. I should rather prefer the reading of the Samaritan, Septuagint, and Syriac, and read, both here and in Genesis 36:14, "Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the son of Zibeon," and then the whole will agree with Genesis 36:24.
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Esau.
Genesis 9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.
Genesis 26:34,35 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite...
Genesis 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth...
Adah. or, Bashemath.
Genesis 26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite...
Aholibamah.
Genesis 36:25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
Genesis 26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite...
Judith. the daughter. We ought, most probably, to read here and in ver.
Genesis 36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam...
, as in ver.
Genesis 36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
, 'the son of Zibeon;' which is the reading of the Samaritan, Septuagint, (and Syriac, in ver.
Genesis 36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite...
,) and which Houbigant and Kennicott contend to be genuine.
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Adah Aholibamah Anah Canaan Canaanites Daughter Daughters Elon Esau Esau's Granddaughter Hittite Hivite Oholibamah Oholiba'mah Wives Women Zibeon Zib'eonAdah Aholibamah Anah Canaan Canaanites Daughter Daughters Elon Esau Esau's Granddaughter Hittite Hivite Oholibamah Oholiba'mah Wives Women Zibeon Zib'eonTHE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®.Genesis 36:2 Mobile Bible
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