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2-3 Esau married three local girls from Canaan: Adah (daughter of Elon the Hethite), Oholibamah (daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite), Basemath (his cousin[a]—she was a daughter of Ishmael—the sister of Nebaioth).

Esau and Adah had a son named Eliphaz. Esau and Basemath had a son named Reuel.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 36:2 Basemath (his cousin, implied; literally, Basemath “the daughter of Ishmael.”

Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan:(A) Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite,(B) and Oholibamah(C) daughter of Anah(D) and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite(E) also Basemath(F) daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.(G)

Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,(H)

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