Genesis 36:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

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  • Gen 36:25 : 25 The children of Anah were these: Dishon and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
  • Gen 9:25 : 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants he shall be to his brothers.
  • Gen 26:34-35 : 34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35 Which were a grief of mind to 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 takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these who are of the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?
  • Gen 28:9 : 9 Then Esau went to Ishmael, and took Mahlath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife, in addition to the wives he already had.

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  • Gen 28:8-9
    2 verses
    83%

    8And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father;

    9Then Esau went to Ishmael, and took Mahlath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife, in addition to the wives he already had.

  • Gen 26:34-35
    2 verses
    82%

    34And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

    35Which were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebekah.

  • Gen 36:3-6
    4 verses
    81%

    3And Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

    4And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau; and Basemath bore Reuel;

    5And Aholibamah bore Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

    6And Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the persons of his house, and his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had obtained in the land of Canaan; and he went into another land away from his brother Jacob.

  • Gen 36:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8Thus Esau dwelt in the mountain of Seir. Esau is Edom.

    9These are the descendants of Esau, the father of the Edomites in the mountain 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 that came from Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.

    18These are the sons of Aholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jaalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs that came from Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.

    19These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their chiefs.

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

  • Gen 36:12-14
    3 verses
    79%

    12And Timna was a concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz: these are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.

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

    14These are the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bore to Esau Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah.

  • Gen 36:1
    77%

    1Now these are the descendants of Esau, who is Edom.

  • Gen 28:6
    74%

    6When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take himself a wife from there; and that as he blessed him he commanded him, saying, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan;

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

    34Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

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

  • Gen 36:25
    72%

    25The children of Anah were these: Dishon and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

  • Gen 11:29
    71%

    29And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: 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
    71%

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

  • Gen 27:46
    70%

    46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these who are of the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?

  • Gen 36:40-41
    2 verses
    69%

    40These are the names of the chiefs that came from Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timnah, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,

    41Chief Aholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

  • Judg 3:6
    69%

    6And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

  • Gen 28:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and commanded him, and said to him, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

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

  • Num 36:11
    69%

    11For Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons.