Genesis 36:2
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Esau took wives of the daughters of Chanaan: Ada the daughter of Elon the Hethite, and Oolibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite:

Esau.

Genesis 9:25 He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Genesis 26:34,35 And Esau being forty years old, married wives, Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hethite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon, of the same place. . . .

Genesis 27:46 And Rebecca said to Isaac: I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the stock of this land, I choose not to live.

Adah.

Genesis 26:34 And Esau being forty years old, married wives, Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hethite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon, of the same place.

Aholibamah.

Genesis 36:25 And he had a son Dison, and a daughter Oolibama.

Genesis 26:34 And Esau being forty years old, married wives, Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hethite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon, of the same place.

Judith.

Genesis 36:14 And these were the sons of Oolibama, the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon, the wife of Esau, whom she bore to him, Jehus, and Ihelon, and Core.

, as in ver.

Genesis 36:20 These are the sons of Seir, the Horrite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Sobal, and Sebeon, and Ana,

, 'the son of Zibeon;' which is the reading of the Samaritan, Septuagint, (and Syriac, in ver.

Genesis 36:2 Esau took wives of the daughters of Chanaan: Ada the daughter of Elon the Hethite, and Oolibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite:

,) and which Houbigant and Kennicott contend to be genuine.

Context
Esau's Descendants
1And these are the generations of Esau, the same is Edom. 2Esau took wives of the daughters of Chanaan: Ada the daughter of Elon the Hethite, and Oolibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite:3And Basemath, the daughter of Ismael, sister of Nabajoth.…
Cross References
Genesis 26:34
And Esau being forty years old, married wives, Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hethite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon, of the same place.

Genesis 28:9
He went to Ismael, and took to wife, besides them he had before, Maheleth, the daughter of Ismael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nabajoth.

Genesis 36:3
And Basemath, the daughter of Ismael, sister of Nabajoth.

Genesis 36:14
And these were the sons of Oolibama, the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon, the wife of Esau, whom she bore to him, Jehus, and Ihelon, and Core.

Genesis 36:24
And these the sons of Sebeon: Aia and Ana. This is Ana that found the hot waters in the wilderness, when he fed the asses of Sebeon, his father:

Genesis 36:25
And he had a son Dison, and a daughter Oolibama.

Lexicon
Esau
עֵשָׂ֛ו (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

took
לָקַ֥ח (lā·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

his wives
נָשָׁ֖יו (nā·šāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

from the daughters
מִבְּנ֣וֹת (mib·bə·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

of Canaan:
כְּנָ֑עַן (kə·nā·‘an)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan

Adah
עָדָ֗ה (‘ā·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5711: Adah -- two non-Israelite women

daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

of Elon
אֵילוֹן֙ (’ê·lō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 356: Elon -- 'terebinth', an Israelite name, also a Hittite, also a city in Dan

the Hittite,
הַֽחִתִּ֔י (ha·ḥit·tî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2850: Hittite -- a Chittite

Oholibamah
אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙ (’ā·ho·lî·ḇā·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 173: Oholibamah -- 'tent of the high place', wife of Esau, also an Edomite leader

daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

of Anah
עֲנָ֔ה (‘ă·nāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6034: Anah -- two Horites

and granddaughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

of Zibeon
צִבְע֖וֹן (ṣiḇ·‘ō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6649: Zibeon -- 'hyena', a Horite

the Hivite,
הַֽחִוִּֽי׃ (ha·ḥiw·wî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2340: Hivite -- a Chivvite


Additional Translations
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,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;

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,

And Esau took to himself wives of the daughters of the Chananites; Ada, the daughter of Aelom the Chettite; and Olibema, daughter of Ana the son of Sebegon, the Evite;

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,

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;

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;

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;

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,
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