Genesis 36:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Esau'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,

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 36:25 : 25 And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah his daughter.
  • Gen 9:25 : 25 Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.
  • Gen 26:34-35 : 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: 35 And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them.
  • Gen 27:46 : 46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?
  • Gen 28:9 : 9 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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  • Gen 28:8-9
    2 verses
    83%

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

    9 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.

  • Gen 26:34-35
    2 verses
    82%

    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:

    35 And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them.

  • Gen 36:3-6
    4 verses
    81%

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

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

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

    6 Esau 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 36:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8 So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).

    9 And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites in the hill-country of Seir:

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

  • Gen 36:17-20
    4 verses
    79%

    17 And these are the sons of Esau's son Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah: these were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom, the children of Esau's wife Basemath.

    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.

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

    20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite who were living in that country; Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

  • Gen 36:12-14
    3 verses
    79%

    12 And 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.

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

    14 And 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 36:1
    77%

    1 Now these are the generations of Esau, that is to say, Edom.

  • Gen 28:6
    74%

    6 So 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;

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

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

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

  • Gen 36:25
    72%

    25 And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah his daughter.

  • Gen 11:29
    71%

    29 And 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 4:19
    71%

    19 And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

  • Gen 27:46
    70%

    46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?

  • Gen 36:40-41
    2 verses
    69%

    40 These are the names of the chiefs of Esau in the order of their families and their places: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

    41 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,

  • Judg 3:6
    69%

    6 And they took as wives the daughters of these nations and gave their daughters to their sons, and became servants to their gods.

  • Gen 28:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

    2 But 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.

  • Num 36:11
    69%

    11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, took as their husbands the sons of their father's brothers: