Genesis
36:1 ¶ Now these are the generations of
Esau, who is Edom. 2 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; 3 And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of
Nebajoth. 4 And Adah bare to Esau
Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 5 And
Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which
were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 6
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the
persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his
substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country
from the face of his brother Jacob. 7
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the
land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is
Edom.
This passage is
bracketed by two verses 1 and 8 which identify Esau with the region known as
Edom and Mount Seir. The passage also names his children by these specific
Canaanite women named. Judith is not mentioned here and may have died in
childbirth or in some other circumstance. We can say the same probably about
Bashemath, Adah’s sister. The duplication of women’s names should not cause
confusion. For instance, Mormon patriarch, Joseph Smith, had multiple wives
named Sarah.
Genesis 26:34 ¶
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of
Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to
Rebekah.
Esau and Jacob are
not able to live in the vicinity of each other with their wealth and
possessions any more than Abram and Lot were able to live together with theirs.
So, here is confirmation that Esau claimed what became Edom, something we
discussed earlier. Isaac’s sons are fabulously wealthy by that culture’s
standards, by what they considered as true wealth. Esau will merge his worship
with Canaan’s and be marginalized in God’s plan of reconciling mankind to
Himself.
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