Genesis 36:2

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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.

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  • Gen 36:25 : 25 These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
  • Gen 9:25 : 25 he said, 'Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.'
  • Gen 26:34-35 : 34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
  • Gen 27:46 : 46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, 'I am disgusted with my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these women from the land, what good is my life to me?'
  • Gen 28:9 : 9 So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, as an additional wife to his existing wives.

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  • Gen 28:8-9
    2 verses
    83%

    8Esau realized that the daughters of Canaan were displeasing to Isaac his father.

    9So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, as an additional wife to his existing wives.

  • Gen 26:34-35
    2 verses
    82%

    34When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

    35They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

  • Gen 36:3-6
    4 verses
    81%

    3And Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth.

    4Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel.

    5And Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

    6Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, along with his livestock, all his animals, and all the possessions he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and he moved to a land away from his brother Jacob.

  • Gen 36:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.

    9These are the descendants of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

    10These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau, and Reuel, the son of Basemath, the wife of Esau.

  • Gen 36:17-20
    4 verses
    79%

    17These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, Chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the descendants of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

    18These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: Chief Jeush, Chief Jalam, Chief Korah. These are the chiefs descended from Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.

    19These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.

    20These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, and Anah,

  • Gen 36:12-14
    3 verses
    79%

    12Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the descendants of Adah, Esau’s wife.

    13These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the descendants of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

    14These were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife. She bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah to Esau.

  • Gen 36:1
    77%

    1These are the descendants of Esau, who is Edom.

  • Gen 28:6
    74%

    6Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him, he commanded him, 'You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.'

  • 1 Chr 1:34-35
    2 verses
    72%

    34Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

    35The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

  • Gen 36:25
    72%

    25These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

  • Gen 11:29
    71%

    29Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

  • Gen 4:19
    71%

    19Lamech married two wives, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

  • Gen 27:46
    70%

    46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, 'I am disgusted with my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these women from the land, what good is my life to me?'

  • Gen 36:40-41
    2 verses
    69%

    40These are the names of Esau's chiefs according to their families and regions, by their names: Chief Timna, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth,

    41Chief Oholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon,

  • Judg 3:6
    69%

    6They took the daughters of these peoples as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to the sons of these peoples, and worshiped their gods.

  • Gen 28:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, saying, 'Do not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.'

    2Arise, go to Paddan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and take a wife for yourself from there, from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

  • Num 36:11
    69%

    11Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, married their cousins.