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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.

Esau and Oholibamah had sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.

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Footnotes

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

also Basemath(A) daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.(B)

Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,(C) and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah.(D) These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.

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