Genesis 28:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 36:3 : 3 And Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.
  • Gen 36:13 : 13 And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: they were the children of Esau's wife Basemath.
  • Gen 36:18 : 18 And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah: these were the chiefs who came from Esau's wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.
  • Gen 25:13-17 : 13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their generations: Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam 14 And Mishma and Dumah and Massa, 15 Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples. 17 And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.
  • Gen 26:34 : 34 And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

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  • Gen 36:2-6
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    2Esau's wives were women of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

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

    4Adah had a son Eliphaz; and Basemath was the mother of Reuel;

    5Oholibamah was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the sons of Esau, whose birth took place in the land of Canaan.

    6Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his beasts and his cattle and all his goods which he had got together in the land of Canaan, and went into the land of Seir, away from his brother Jacob.

  • Gen 28:8
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    8It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,

  • Gen 28:5-6
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    5So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

    6So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

  • Gen 26:34
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    34And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

  • Gen 11:29
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    29And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

  • Gen 28:1-2
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    1Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

    2But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

  • Gen 36:10
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    10These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau's wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife Basemath.

  • 1 Chr 1:34
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    34And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

  • 1 Chr 1:28
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    28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

  • Gen 24:4
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    4But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

  • Gen 36:18
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    18And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah: these were the chiefs who came from Esau's wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.

  • Gen 25:20
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    20Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.

  • Gen 36:12-14
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    12And Eliphaz, the son of Esau, had connection with a woman named Timna, who gave birth to Amalek: all these were the children of Esau's wife Adah.

    13And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: they were the children of Esau's wife Basemath.

    14And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon: she was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

  • Gen 24:38
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    38But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • Gen 21:21
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    21And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.