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Her name, which can be translated to mean "fragrance" or "perfume," appears in different contexts and genealogies, reflecting the complex familial relationships of the time.<br><br>1. <b>Bashemath, Daughter of Elon the Hittite</b>: Bashemath is first introduced as one of Esau's wives. In <a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34</a> , it is recorded, "When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite." This marriage to a Hittite woman was a source of grief to Esau's parents, Isaac and Rebekah, as noted in <a href="/genesis/26-35.htm">Genesis 26:35</a> : "And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah." This union highlights the tensions between the covenant family and the surrounding Canaanite peoples, emphasizing the importance of maintaining distinctiveness and faithfulness to God's promises.<br><br>2. <b>Bashemath, Daughter of Ishmael</b>: In another account, Bashemath is identified as a daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son by Hagar, and a wife of Esau. <a href="/genesis/36-3.htm">Genesis 36:3</a> states, "and Basemath, daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth." This marriage is part of Esau's attempt to align himself with his father's family line after realizing the displeasure his previous marriages caused. The dual mention of Bashemath in different genealogical contexts has led to discussions among scholars regarding potential textual variations or the possibility of multiple individuals bearing the same name.<br><br>3. <b>Genealogical Significance</b>: The mention of Bashemath in the genealogies of Esau's descendants underscores the broader narrative of the Edomites, who are the descendants of Esau. <a href="/bsb/genesis/36.htm">Genesis 36</a> provides a detailed account of Esau's lineage, where Bashemath is listed as the mother of Reuel, one of Esau's sons (<a href="/genesis/36-4.htm">Genesis 36:4</a>). This lineage is significant in understanding the development of the Edomite nation, which plays a role in the broader biblical narrative concerning Israel's neighboring peoples.<br><br>4. <b>Cultural and Theological Implications</b>: The marriages of Esau, including his union with Bashemath, reflect the cultural and theological dynamics of the patriarchal period. Esau's choice of wives from outside the covenant community is often viewed as a departure from the faithfulness expected of the patriarchs' descendants. This narrative thread serves as a backdrop to the unfolding account of Jacob and Esau, highlighting themes of covenant fidelity, divine election, and the unfolding of God's redemptive plan through the chosen line of Jacob.<br><br>In summary, Bashemath's role in the biblical narrative, though not extensively detailed, contributes to the understanding of Esau's family dynamics and the broader genealogical and theological themes present in the Old Testament. Her account is interwoven with the complex relationships and cultural interactions of the patriarchal era, providing insight into the challenges of maintaining covenant identity amidst surrounding influences.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Bashemath</span><p>perfumed; confusion of death; in desolation<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Bashemath</span><p>(<i>fragrant, pleasing</i>), daughter of Ishmael, the last married of the three wives of Esau. (<a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34</a>; <a href="/genesis/36-3.htm">36:3,4,13</a>) (B.C. after 1797.) In (<a href="/genesis/28-9.htm">Genesis 28:9</a>) she is called Mahalath.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Sweet-smelling. <p>(1.) The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau's three wives (<a href="/genesis/36-3.htm">Genesis 36:3</a>, 4, 13), from whose son Reuel four tribes of the Edomites sprung. She is also called Mahalath (<a href="/genesis/28-9.htm">Genesis 28:9</a>). It is noticeable that Esau's three wives receive different names in the genealogical table of the Edomites (<a href="/context/genesis/36.htm">Genesis 36</a>) from those given to them in the history (<a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34</a>; <a href="/genesis/28-9.htm">28:9</a>).<p>(2.) A daughter of Solomon, and wife of Ahimaaz, one of his officers (<a href="/1_kings/4-15.htm">1 Kings 4:15</a>). <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">BASEMATH; BASHEMATH; BASMATH</span><p>bas'-e-math, bash'-e-math, bas'-math (basemath, "fragrant"):<br><br>(1) Basemath, one of the wives of Esau, a daughter of Elon, the Hittite (<a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34</a>; the King James Version Bashemath), probably identical with or a sister of Adah whom he also married (<a href="/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2</a>). Compare ADAH.<br><br>(2) Basemath (the King James Version Bashemath), another wife of Esau, a daughter of Ishmael and a sister of Nebaioth (<a href="/genesis/36-3.htm">Genesis 36:3, 4, 10, 13, 17</a>). This wife is also called Mahalath (<a href="/genesis/28-9.htm">Genesis 28:9</a>), and is of the house of Abraham. Esau married her because his father was not pleased with his other wives who were daughters of Canaan. Compare MAHALATH.<br><br>(3) Basemath (the King James Version Basmath), the daughter of Solomon, and wife of Ahimaaz, a commissariat-officer in the service of Solomon (<a href="/1_kings/4-15.htm">1 Kings 4:15</a>).<br><br>A. L. Breslich<p><span class="encheading">BASHEMATH</span><p>bash'-e-math.<br><br>See <a href="../b/basemath.htm">BASEMATH</a>.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1315.htm"><span class="l">1315. Basemath -- "perfume," a wife of Esau (or perhaps two wives <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>Bashemath</b>, Basmath. Feminine of besem (the second form); fragrance; Bosmath, the<br> name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of Solomon -- <b>Bashemath</b>, Basmath. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1315.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/bashemath.htm"><span class="l"><b>Bashemath</b> (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BASEMATH; <b>BASHEMATH</b>; BASMATH. <b>...</b> AL Breslich.<br><b>BASHEMATH</b>. bash'-e-math. See BASEMATH. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bashemath.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/basmath.htm"><span class="l">Basmath (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BASEMATH; <b>BASHEMATH</b>; BASMATH. bas'-e-math,<br> bash'-e-math, bas'-math (basemath, "fragrant"): (1) Basemath <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/basmath.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/basemath.htm"><span class="l">Basemath (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BASEMATH; <b>BASHEMATH</b>; BASMATH. bas'-e-math,<br> bash'-e-math, bas'-math (basemath, "fragrant"): (1) Basemath <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/basemath.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nebajoth.htm"><span class="l">Nebajoth (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. (KJV WBS YLT). Genesis 36:3 And <b>Bashemath</b><br> Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. (KJV WBS YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nebajoth.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reuel.htm"><span class="l">Reuel (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Friend of God. (1.) A son of Esau and <b>Bashemath</b><br> (Genesis 36:4, 10; 1 Chronicles 1:35). (2.) "The priest <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reuel.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/elon.htm"><span class="l">Elon (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Oak. (1.) A city of Dan (Joshua 19:43). (2.) A Hittite, father of <b>Bashemath</b>, Esau's<br> wife (Genesis 26:34). (3.) One of the sons of Zebulun (Genesis 46:14). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/elon.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/esau.htm"><span class="l">Esau (89 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> years, to the great grief of his parents, he married (Genesis 26:34, 35) two<br> Canaanitish maidens, Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and <b>Bashemath</b>, the daughter <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/esau.htm - 41k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/duke.htm"><span class="l">Duke (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that<br> came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of <b>Bashemath</b> Esau's wife <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/duke.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dukes.htm"><span class="l">Dukes (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that<br> came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of <b>Bashemath</b> Esau's wife <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dukes.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mahalath.htm"><span class="l">Mahalath (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary A lute; lyre. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, and third<br> wife of Esau (Genesis 28:9); called also <b>Bashemath</b> (Genesis 36:3). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mahalath.htm - 11k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Bashemath (6 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34</a></span><br />And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and <span class="boldtext">Bashemath</span> the daughter of Elon the Hittite:<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-3.htm">Genesis 36:3</a></span><br />And <span class="boldtext">Bashemath</span> Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-4.htm">Genesis 36:4</a></span><br />And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and <span class="boldtext">Bashemath</span> bare Reuel; <br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-10.htm">Genesis 36:10</a></span><br />These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of <span class="boldtext">Bashemath</span> the wife of Esau.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-13.htm">Genesis 36:13</a></span><br />And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of <span class="boldtext">Bashemath</span> Esau's wife.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-17.htm">Genesis 36:17</a></span><br />And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of <span class="boldtext">Bashemath</span> Esau's wife.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/b/bashemath.htm">Bashemath</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/b/bashemath--wife_of_esau.htm">Bashemath: Wife of Esau</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/basmath.htm">Basmath (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/basemath.htm">Basemath (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/nebajoth.htm">Nebajoth (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/reuel.htm">Reuel (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/elon.htm">Elon (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/esau.htm">Esau (89 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/duke.htm">Duke (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dukes.htm">Dukes (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mahalath.htm">Mahalath (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bashan's.htm">Bashan's (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/basic.htm">Basic (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/adah.htm">Adah (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hittites.htm">Hittites (39 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/beareth.htm">Beareth (108 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/taketh.htm">Taketh (398 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bare.htm">Bare (250 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/descendants.htm">Descendants (326 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/born.htm">Born (228 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/b/bashan's.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Bashan's"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Bashan's" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/naves/b/bashemath--wife_of_esau.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Bashemath: Wife of Esau"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Bashemath: Wife of Esau" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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