Gen 36:2-3 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 36:2-3: 36:2-3 Esau’s three wives— Adah , Oholibamah , and Basemath —are listed. Two of these wives’ names are different from those listed earlier (26:34 ; 28:9 ). Perhaps the others died, or Esau favored these three among a total of six, or these were just different names for the same three. There is not enough information to decide. 36:2 Oholibamah was a great-granddaughter of Seir the Horite, whose descendants lived in Edom when Esau went to live there (36:20 , 25 ).

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‏ Genesis 36:2-3

Summary for Gen 36:2-3: 36:2-3 ^a Esau’s three wives—Adah, Oholibamah, and Basemath—are listed. Two of these wives’ names are different from those listed earlier (26:34 ^b; 28:9 ^c). Perhaps the others died, or Esau favored these three among a total of six, or these were just different names for the same three. There is not enough information to decide. 36:2 ^d Oholibamah was a great-granddaughter of Seir the Horite, whose descendants lived in Edom when Esau went to live there (36:20 ^e, 25 ^f).