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In Genesis 26:34-35 (NASB)
When Esau was forty years old he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite; 35 and they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
in Genesis 28:9 (NASB)
and Esau went to Ishmael, and married, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth.
and in Genesis 36:2-3 (NASB)
2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 3 also Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.
Searching with the terms "esau’s wives" in Google I get the following result
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Spouse: Judith, Mahalath, Adah
Why is a Bashemath said to be daughter of Elon the Hittite in one place and of Ishmael in another? Why is Esau said to have married two different daughters of Ishmael, and two of Elon the Hittite? That’s possible, of course, but again, both men are said to have given Esau a Bashemath. It is possible he married two different Bashemaths; it could have been a common woman’s name at the time. Finally, why are only three wives mentioned here in Gen 36? Surely we are being told he had more; perhaps only these three had children.
