Genesis 36:2

World English Bible (2000)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 36:25 : 25 These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
  • Gen 9:25 : 25 He said, "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers."
  • Gen 26:34-35 : 34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 They grieved Isaac's and Rebekah's spirits.
  • Gen 27:46 : 46 Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"
  • Gen 28:9 : 9 Esau went to 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%

    8Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac, his father.

    9Esau went to 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%

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

    35They grieved Isaac's and Rebekah's spirits.

  • Gen 36:3-6
    4 verses
    81%

    3and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.

    4Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.

    5Oholibamah 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, with his livestock, all his animals, 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
    3 verses
    80%

    8Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.

    9This is the history of the generations 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 who came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.

    18These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs who came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.

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

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

  • Gen 36:12-14
    3 verses
    79%

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

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

    14These were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

  • Gen 36:1
    77%

    1Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).

  • Gen 28:6
    74%

    6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,"

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

    34Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.

    35The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and 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 took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.

  • Gen 4:19
    71%

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

  • Gen 27:46
    70%

    46Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"

  • Gen 36:40-41
    2 verses
    69%

    40These are the names of the chiefs who came from Esau, according to their families, after their places, and 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
    2 verses
    69%

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

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

  • Num 36:11
    69%

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