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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Gill's Exposition
And Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan,.... Of the Canaanites, the posterity of cursed Canaan, most of them were of them, though not all, the two following were, and so those, if different…
Adam Clarke
His wives - It appears that Esau's wives went by very different names. Aholibamah is named Judith, Gen 26:34; Adah is called Bashemath in the same place; and she who is here called Bashemath is called…
Observe here, 1. Concerning Esau himself, Gen 36:1. He is called Edom (and again, Gen 36:8), that name by which was perpetuated the remembrance of the foolish bargain he made, when he sold his…
Cambridge Bible
Esau took his wives The list of Esau's wives in this chapter does not agree with that in Gen 26:34 and Gen 28:9.
(a) In this passage and in Gen 36:9-14 Esau's wives are (1) Adah, the daughter of Elon…
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