Genesis 36:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֵשָׂ֛ו לָקַ֥ח אֶת־נָשָׁ֖יו מִבְּנ֣וֹת כְּנָ֑עַן אֶת־עָדָ֗ה בַּת־אֵילוֹן֙ הַֽחִתִּ֔י וְאֶת־אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙ בַּת־עֲנָ֔ה בַּת־צִבְע֖וֹן הֽ͏ַחִוִּֽי׃

Transliteration

ʿĒśāw lāqaḥ ʾet-nāšāyw from-bənôt Kənaʿan ʾet-ʿĀdāh bat-ʾÊlôn ha-Ḥittî and-ʾet-ʾĀholîbāmāh bat-ʿĂnāh bat-Ṣibʿôn ha-Ḥiwwî

Grammar Details

*lāqaḥ*: verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - took/married
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*nāšāyw*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his wives
*mi-*: preposition - from
*bənôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - daughters of
*bat*: noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of
*ha-*: definite article - the

Word Meanings

*lāqaḥ*: took/married/selected
*Ḥittî*: Hittite (ethnic group)
*Ḥiwwî*: Hivite (ethnic group)

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Referenced Verses

Gen 36:25 : 25 And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.
Gen 9:25 : 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Gen 26:34-35 : 34 And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35 and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Gen 27:46 : 46 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, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Gen 28:9 : 9 and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Gen 28:8-9
2 verses
83%
8and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
Gen 26:34-35
2 verses
82%
34And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Gen 36:3-6
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81%
3and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.
4And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel;
5and Oholibamah bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, that were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
6And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
Gen 36:8-10
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80%
8And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
9And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
10these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.
Gen 36:17-20
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79%
17And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
18And these are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
19These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs: the same is Edom.
20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,
Gen 36:12-14
3 verses
79%
12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.
13And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
14And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.
Gen 36:1
77%
1Now these are the generations of Esau (the same is Edom).
Gen 28:6
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6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
1 Chr 1:34-35
2 verses
72%
34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.
35The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.
Gen 36:25
72%
25And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.
Gen 11:29
71%
29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Gen 4:19
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19And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Gen 27:46
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46And 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, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Gen 36:40-41
2 verses
69%
40And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,
41chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
Judg 3:6
69%
6and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.
Gen 28:1-2
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1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
Num 36:11
69%
11for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons.