Who
One of Esau’s Canaanite wives: “Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah” (Genesis 36:2). She bore him Eliphaz, his firstborn, and through him Amalek. The daughter of Elon is called Basemath in Genesis 26:34. Esau’s marriages to women of the land “grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits” (Genesis 26:35), and Rebekah feared the same for Jacob. She is not Adah the wife of Lamech (Genesis 4:19).
Key verses
- Genesis 26:35
They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.
- Genesis 36:2
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;
- Genesis 36:4
Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.
Where the Bible names her
Family
- Children