KJV King James Version
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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Genesis 36:2
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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,
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Esau hath taken his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
Surrounding context — Genesis 36
1 Now these [are] the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom.
2 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;
3 And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these [are] the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
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עֵשָׂ֛וH6215 · e.savEsauלָקַ֥חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]נָשָׁ֖יוH802 · ish.shahwomanמִבְּנ֣וֹתH1323 · batdaughterכְּנָ֑עַןH3667 · ke.na.anCanaanאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עָדָ֗הH5711 · a.dahAdahבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterאֵילוֹן֙H356 · e.lonElonהַֽחִתִּ֔יH2850 · chit.tiHittiteוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙H173 · o.ho.li.va.mahOholibamahבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterעֲנָ֔הH6034 · a.nahAnahבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterצִבְע֖וֹןH6649 · tsiv.onZibeonהַֽחִוִּֽי׃H2340 · chiv.viHivite
Cross-references
Genesis 36:25And the children of Anah [were] these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.Genesis 28:9Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.Genesis 9:25And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.Genesis 27:46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?Genesis 26:34-35And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
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