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Genesis 36:2

AdahAholibamahAnahCanaanElonEsauHiviteZibeon

1 This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).

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

3 and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

4 And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

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BSB
Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
KJV
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
WEB
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;
ASV
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
DARBY
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
BLB
Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah, daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah, daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
ÅB
Esau tok seg hustruer av Kana'ans døtre: Ada, hetitten Elons datter, og Oholibama, Anas datter, hevitten Sibeons sønnedatter,
OTB
Esau tok sine koner fra Kanaans døtre: Ada, datter av Elon hetitten, og Oholibama, datter av Ana og sønnedatter av Zibon hevitten—
B1930
Esau tok sig hustruer av Kana'ans døtre: Ada, hetitten Elons datter, og Oholibama, Anas datter, hevitten Sibeons sønnedatter,

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  • Genesis 36:25

    These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

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  • Genesis 9:25

    he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

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  • Genesis 28:9

    Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

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  • Genesis 27:46

    Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”

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  • Genesis 26:34–35

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

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