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;
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Interpretation
This verse speaks in the wider setting of creation and fall as Genesis unfolds its message.
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This thought runs through Genesis 36:2-6.
Glossary
- Adah Person
- Ornament. (1. ) The first of Lamech’s two wives, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal ( Gen. 4:19 , 20, 23). (2. ) The first of Esau’s three wives, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
- Aholibamah Person
- Tent of the height, the name given to Judith, the daughter of Beeri = Anah ( Gen. 26:34 ; 36:2 ), when she became the wife of Esau.
- Canaan Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Canaan.
- Zibeon Person
- Robber; or dyed. (1. ) A Hivite ( Gen. 36:2 ). (2. ) A Horite, and son of Seir ( Gen. 36:20 ).