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2-3 Esau married three local girls from Canaan: Adah (daughter of Elon the Hethite), Oholibamah (daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite), Basemath (his cousin[a]—she was a daughter of Ishmael—the sister of Nebaioth).

Esau and Adah had a son named Eliphaz. Esau and Basemath had a son named Reuel.

Esau and Oholibamah had sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 36:2 Basemath (his cousin, implied; literally, Basemath “the daughter of Ishmael.”

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