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and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite. <a href="/esv/genesis/36.htm">English Standard Version</a> Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, <a href="/bsb/genesis/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, <a href="/kjv/genesis/36.htm">King James Bible</a> Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/nkjv/genesis/36.htm">New King James Version</a> Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/nasb_/genesis/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/nasb/genesis/36.htm">NASB 1995</a> Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/nasb77/genesis/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/lsb/genesis/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/amp/genesis/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Esau took his [three] wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon the Hivite, <a href="/csb/genesis/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Esau took his wives from the Canaanite women: Adah daughter of Elon the Hethite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, <a href="/hcsb/genesis/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Esau took his wives from the Canaanite women: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, <a href="/asv/genesis/36.htm">American Standard Version</a> Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, <a href="/cev/genesis/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> He married three Canaanite women: The first was Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; the second was Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/erv/genesis/36.htm">English Revised Version</a> Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/gwt/genesis/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Esau chose his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah, daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/gnt/genesis/36.htm">Good News Translation</a> Esau married Canaanite women: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah son of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/isv/genesis/36.htm">International Standard Version</a> Esau had married Canaanite women, including Elon the Hittite's daughter Adah, Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah (who was Zibeon the Hivite's daughter), and <a href="/msb/genesis/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, <a href="/net/genesis/36.htm">NET Bible</a> Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, <a href="/nheb/genesis/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hethite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite; <a href="/wbt/genesis/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/web/genesis/36.htm">World English Bible</a> Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Esau has taken his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, <a href="/ylt/genesis/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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, <a href="/slt/genesis/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan. Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite, and Aholibamah, daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Esau took wives of the daughters of Chanaan: Ada the daughter of Elon the Hethite, and Oolibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite: <a href="/cpdv/genesis/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Esau took wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, <a href="/nabre/genesis/36.htm">New American Bible</a> Esau took his wives from among the Canaanite women: Adah, daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah the son of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah son of Zibeon the Hivite,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Esau took his wives from among the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon the Hivite; <a href="/hpbt/genesis/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan; Ada daughter of Alun the Khethite and Ahulibama daughter of Ana, son of Tsebaun the Khivite;<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, <a href="/sep/genesis/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Esau took to himself wives of the daughters of the Chananites; Ada, the daughter of Aelom the Chettite; and Olibema, daughter of Ana the son of Sebegon, the Evite; <a href="/parallel/genesis/36-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=8985" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/36.htm">Esau's Descendants</a> 1This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom). 2<a href="/hebrew/6215.htm" title="6215: ‘ê·śāw (N-proper-ms) -- Apparently a form of the passive participle of asah in the original sense of handling; rough; Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity.">Esau</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qaḥ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">took</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: nā·šāw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">his wives</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: mib·bə·nō·wṯ (Prep-m:: N-fpc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">from the daughters</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: kə·nā·‘an (N-proper-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">of Canaan:</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5711.htm" title="5711: ‘ā·ḏāh (N-proper-fs) -- Two non-Isr. women. From adah; ornament; Adah, the name of two women.">Adah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/356.htm" title="356: ’ê·lō·wn (N-proper-ms) -- Or;Elown; or Eylon; from 'ayil; oak-grove; Elon, the name of a place in Palestine, and also of one Hittite, two Israelites.">of Elon</a> <a href="/hebrew/2850.htm" title="2850: ha·ḥit·tî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Heth. Patronymically from Cheth; a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth.">the Hittite,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/173.htm" title="173: ’ā·ho·lî·ḇā·māh (N-proper-fs) -- From 'ohel and bamah; tent of height; Oholibamah, a wife of Esau.">Oholibamah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6034.htm" title="6034: ‘ă·nāh (N-proper-fs) -- Two Horites. Probably from anah; an answer; Anah, the name of two Edomites and one Edomitess.">of Anah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">and granddaughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6649.htm" title="6649: ṣiḇ·‘ō·wn (N-proper-ms) -- Hyena, a Horite. From the same as tseba'; variegated; Tsibon, an Idumaean.">of Zibeon</a> <a href="/hebrew/2340.htm" title="2340: ha·ḥiw·wî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps from chavvah; a villager; a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine.">the Hivite,</a> 3and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34-35</a> When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. / And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah. <a href="/genesis/28-8.htm">Genesis 28:8-9</a> And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women, / Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had. <a href="/genesis/24-3.htm">Genesis 24:3</a> and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, <a href="/genesis/27-46.htm">Genesis 27:46</a> Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?” <a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Genesis 34:2</a> When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. <a href="/genesis/12-11.htm">Genesis 12:11-13</a> As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman, / and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. / Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.” <a href="/genesis/21-21.htm">Genesis 21:21</a> And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt. <a href="/genesis/25-13.htm">Genesis 25:13-16</a> These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, / Mishma, Dumah, Massa, / Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ... <a href="/genesis/46-10.htm">Genesis 46:10</a> The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. <a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15-16</a> Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. / And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same. <a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a> Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. <a href="/judges/14-1.htm">Judges 14:1-3</a> One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman. / So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.” / But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.” <a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-2</a> King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. <a href="/ezra/9-1.htm">Ezra 9:1-2</a> After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites. / Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!” <a href="/nehemiah/13-23.htm">Nehemiah 13:23-27</a> In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. / Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. / I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;Esau.<a href="/genesis/9-25.htm">Genesis 9:25</a> And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.<a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34,35</a> And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: … <a href="/genesis/27-46.htm">Genesis 27:46</a> 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, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?Adah.<a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34</a> And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:Aholibamah.<a href="/genesis/36-25.htm">Genesis 36:25</a> And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.<a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34</a> And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:Judith.<a href="/genesis/36-14.htm">Genesis 36:14</a> And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.<a href="/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20</a> These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,<a href="/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2</a> Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/4-23.htm">Adah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-52.htm">Aholibamah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-41.htm">Anah</a> <a href="/genesis/35-6.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/genesis/34-30.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/genesis/34-19.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/genesis/34-21.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Elon</a> <a href="/genesis/36-1.htm">Esau</a> <a href="/genesis/28-5.htm">Esau's</a> <a href="/genesis/24-48.htm">Granddaughter</a> <a href="/genesis/27-46.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Hivite</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-52.htm">Oholibamah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-52.htm">Oholiba'mah</a> <a href="/genesis/34-29.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/genesis/34-29.htm">Women</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-40.htm">Zibeon</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-40.htm">Zib'eon</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/36-4.htm">Adah</a> <a href="/genesis/36-5.htm">Aholibamah</a> <a href="/genesis/36-14.htm">Anah</a> <a href="/genesis/36-5.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/genesis/50-11.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/genesis/36-3.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/genesis/36-6.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/genesis/46-14.htm">Elon</a> <a href="/genesis/36-4.htm">Esau</a> <a href="/genesis/36-10.htm">Esau's</a> <a href="/genesis/36-14.htm">Granddaughter</a> <a href="/genesis/49-29.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Hivite</a> <a href="/genesis/36-5.htm">Oholibamah</a> <a href="/genesis/36-5.htm">Oholiba'mah</a> <a href="/genesis/36-6.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/exodus/1-15.htm">Women</a> <a href="/genesis/36-14.htm">Zibeon</a> <a href="/genesis/36-14.htm">Zib'eon</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 36</div>1. <a href="/genesis/36-1.htm">Esau's three wives.</a> 6. <a href="/genesis/36-6.htm">His removal to mount Seir.</a> 9. <a href="/genesis/36-9.htm">His sons.</a> 15. <a href="/genesis/36-15.htm">The dukes which descended of his sons.</a> 20. <a href="/genesis/36-20.htm">The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite.</a> 24. <a href="/genesis/36-24.htm">Anah finds mules.</a> 31. <a href="/genesis/36-31.htm">The kings of Edom.</a> 40. <a href="/genesis/36-40.htm">The dukes that descended of Esau.</a> </div></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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The Canaanites were descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, and were often associated with practices contrary to the faith of Abraham's descendants. This decision contrasts with the actions of his brother Jacob, who was sent to Paddan-aram to find a wife from his mother's family, emphasizing the importance of maintaining the covenant lineage. Esau's marriages to Canaanite women were a source of grief to his parents, Isaac and Rebekah, as noted in <a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34-35</a>.Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite: Adah is one of Esau's wives, and her lineage is traced to the Hittites, a significant group in the ancient Near East known for their advanced civilization and conflicts with Egypt and other nations. The Hittites are mentioned frequently in the Old Testament, and their presence in Canaan is well-documented archaeologically. The marriage to a Hittite woman further illustrates Esau's departure from the covenantal expectations of his family.Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite: Oholibamah's lineage is more complex, as she is connected to the Hivites, another Canaanite group. The Hivites are mentioned in various parts of the Old Testament, often as inhabitants of the land that Israel was to conquer. The mention of her father, Anah, and grandfather, Zibeon, provides a genealogical context that underscores the integration of Esau's family with the local Canaanite tribes. This integration is significant in understanding the later tensions between the descendants of Esau (Edomites) and Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/esau.htm">Esau</a> The elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, and the twin brother of Jacob. Known for selling his birthright to Jacob and later being deceived out of his father's blessing. 2. <a href="/topical/a/adah.htm">Adah</a> One of Esau's wives, identified as the daughter of Elon the Hittite. The Hittites were a group of people living in Canaan, often seen as outsiders to the covenant community of Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/o/oholibamah.htm">Oholibamah</a> Another wife of Esau, described as the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite. The Hivites were also inhabitants of Canaan, and like the Hittites, were not part of the covenant community. 4. <a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a> The land where Esau took his wives from, which was inhabited by various tribes and peoples who were often in conflict with the descendants of Abraham. 5. <a href="/topical/h/hittites_and_hivites.htm">Hittites and Hivites</a> These are two of the many tribes living in Canaan. They were often seen as pagan and outside the covenant God made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Covenant Faithfulness</a> Esau's choice to marry Canaanite women reflects a disregard for the covenantal promises given to his family. Believers today are called to prioritize spiritual values and relationships that honor God. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_unequally_yoked_relationships.htm">Consequences of Unequally Yoked Relationships</a> Esau's marriages serve as a cautionary tale about the potential spiritual consequences of forming close relationships with those who do not share the same faith and values. <a href="/topical/u/understanding_cultural_contexts.htm">Understanding Cultural Contexts</a> Recognizing the cultural and historical context of Esau's marriages helps us understand the broader account of God's covenant with Israel and the importance of remaining distinct from surrounding influences. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_family_dynamics.htm">God's Sovereignty in Family Dynamics</a> Despite Esau's choices, God's plan continued through Jacob. This reminds us that God's purposes prevail even when individuals make choices that seem contrary to His will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_36.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 36</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_seventh_day_baptist_church.htm">Who was Adah in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_esau's_wives_differ_in_genesis.htm">In Genesis 36:2–3, Esau’s wives differ from those mentioned in Genesis 26:34 and 28:9—why the discrepancy? </a> <a href="/q/who_were_the_horites_in_the_bible.htm">Who were the Horites in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_adah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Adah in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite.--In <a href="/genesis/26-34.htm" title="And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:">Genesis 26:34</a>, she is called "Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite," and is placed second. Here she is everywhere placed first. We do not often elsewhere find women possessed of two names, but it has not been sufficiently borne in mind that she was a Hittite, and her own name in her own language neither Adah nor Bashemath. As Adah means ornament, and Bashemath sweet-scented, both may possibly have been terms of endearment, arising from modifications of her Hittite name.Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite.--She is supposed to answer to Judith the daughter of "Beeri the Hittite," in <a href="/genesis/26-34.htm" title="And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:">Genesis 26:34</a>. But in <a href="/context/genesis/36-24.htm" title="And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.">Genesis 36:24-25</a>, we find her genealogy given again, and Zibeon, the father of Anah, the father of Aholibamah, is there described as a Horite. Now, as Hivi (Hivite) and Hori (Horite) differ in Hebrew only in the length of the top of the middle letter, and as mistakes in the transcription of Biblical names are of constant occurrence, it seems certain that Aholibamah was a Horite, and therefore, entirely distinct from Judith. Judith, the first wife, apparently had no children, and hence arose the temptation to Esau to marry some one besides. Hence, too, Adah comes in her proper order, as being the first wife who had sons; and Eliphaz as the son of the first wife who had children, has the right of primogeniture. Hence, too, Aholibamah in the genealogy is always placed third. She was the fourth and last wife taken, and her children are placed after those of Bashemath. And this was a matter of far too great importance in a genealogy for there to be any mistake made in it. And now we see the reason for giving the genealogy of the Horites, and also why Esau took the Horite land for a possession. In some expedition into the country of Seir, Esau had married the daughter of one of the dukes there, and through her had acquired a right to ducal rank. Through her family, moreover, he had friendly relations with one portion at least of the Horite people. Our knowledge of the princely Hittites has of late been too largely increased for us to be able to connect a Horite race with them, and Rebekah distinctly calls Judith and Adah-Bashemath daughters of Heth. Excepting the Semites, no race in Palestine stands so high as the Hittites, and no race so low as the Horites. But their rulers were probably of a higher breed; and Esau's invasions of their country, his final settlement there, and the introduction of the genealogy of "Seir the Horite," together with Aholibamah's place as the last of Esau's wives, all are facts which strongly confirm the supposition of his having contracted a Horite marriage during Jacob's absence in Padan-aram.The meanness of the Horites is not a deduction merely from their having dwelt in caves, for the country is so admirably adapted to this mode of living that it still exists there; but they are omitted from the table of nations in Genesis 10, and seem generally to have been a feeble aboriginal race.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 2, 3. - Esau took his wives (the expression refers in this place not to the marriage, but to the removal, of his wives) of the daughters of Canaan; - i.e. who were of the daughters of Canaan (vide <a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34</a>) - Adah - "Ornament," "Beauty" (Gesenius); the name also of one of Lamech's wives (cf. <a href="/genesis/4-19.htm">Genesis 4:19</a>) - the daughter of Elon - "Oak" (Gesenius) - the Hittite, and Aholibamah - "Tent of the High Place" (Gesenius) - the daughter of Anah - "Answering" (Gesenius) - the daughter - i.e. the grand-daughter, though, after the LXX. and the Samaritan, some read the son, as in ver. 24 (Gesenius, Kalisch, Furst, et alii) - of Zibeon - "Colored" (Gesenius); "Wild," "Robber" (Furst) - the Hivite; and Bashemath - "Sweet-smelling" (Gesenius) - Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth - "High Place" (Gesenius). The difference between this account and that previously given (<a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34</a>; <a href="/genesis/28-9.htm">Genesis 28:9</a>) will appear at a glance by setting the two lists of wives in parallel columns: - 1. Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite. 1. Aholibamah, daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite. 2. Bashemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite. 2. Adah, daughter of Elon the Hittite. 3. Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebajoth. 3. Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. The two lists agree in saying (1) that Esau had three wives, (2) that one of them was the daughter of Elon the Hittite, (3) that another of them was Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebajoth, and . . . <a href="/commentaries/genesis/36-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Esau עֵשָׂ֛ו (‘ê·śāw) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6215.htm">Strong's 6215: </a> Esau -- oldest son of Isaac took לָקַ֥ח (lā·qaḥ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take his wives נָשָׁ֖יו (nā·šāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female from the daughters מִבְּנ֣וֹת (mib·bə·nō·wṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of Canaan: כְּנָ֑עַן (kə·nā·‘an) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan Adah עָדָ֗ה (‘ā·ḏāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5711.htm">Strong's 5711: </a> Adah -- two non-Israelite women daughter בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of Elon אֵילוֹן֙ (’ê·lō·wn) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_356.htm">Strong's 356: </a> Elon -- 'terebinth', an Israelite name, also a Hittite, also a city in Dan the Hittite, הַֽחִתִּ֔י (ha·ḥit·tî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2850.htm">Strong's 2850: </a> Hittite -- a Chittite Oholibamah אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙ (’ā·ho·lî·ḇā·māh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_173.htm">Strong's 173: </a> Oholibamah -- 'tent of the high place', wife of Esau, also an Edomite leader daughter בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of Anah עֲנָ֔ה (‘ă·nāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6034.htm">Strong's 6034: </a> Anah -- two Horites and granddaughter בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of Zibeon צִבְע֖וֹן (ṣiḇ·‘ō·wn) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6649.htm">Strong's 6649: </a> Zibeon -- 'hyena', a Horite the Hivite, הַֽחִוִּֽי׃ (ha·ḥiw·wî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2340.htm">Strong's 2340: </a> Hivite -- a Chivvite <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/36-2.htm">OT Law: Genesis 36:2 Esau took his wives from the daughters (Gen. 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