1 Now this is the genealogy of Esau, awho is Edom.
2aEsau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the bHittite; cAholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
3 and aBasemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4 Now aAdah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel.
5 And1 Aholibamah bore Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the persons of his household, his cattle and all his animals, and all his goods which he had gained in the land of Canaan, and went to a country away from the presence of his brother Jacob.
7aFor their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and bthe land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan—There were three, mentioned under different names; for it is evident that Bashemath is the same as Mahalath (Genesis 28:9), since they both stand in the relation of daughter to Ishmael and sister to Nebajoth; and hence it may be inferred that Adah is the same as Judith, Aholibamah as Bathsemath (Genesis 26:34). It was not unusual for women, in that early age, to have two names, as Sarai was also Iscah [Genesis 11:29]; and this is the more probable in the case of Esau's wives, who of course would have to take new names when they went from Canaan to settle in mount Seir.
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