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Esau took Mahalath from the house of Ishmael to be his wife, after seeing that his Canaanite wives (Basemath and Judith) displeased his father, Isaac (Genesis 28:6–9). Esau sought this union with a non-Canaanite, in an effort to reconcile his relationship with his parents, [1] [2] namely with his father Isaac whose blessing he sought (Genesis ...
In Book of Genesis we see two different lists of Esau's wives. [1] Basemath's name is mentioned twice. According to Bible, first two wives were Canaanites and so not good to God. To make the story clear, some Biblical scholars believed that Esau changed names of two wives to the Hebrew to pacify his parents:
Esau [a] is the elder son of Isaac in the Hebrew Bible.He is mentioned in the Book of Genesis [3] and by the prophets Obadiah [4] and Malachi. [5] The story of Esau and Jacob reflects the historical relationship between Israel and Edom, aiming to explain why Israel, despite being a younger kingdom, dominated Edom. [6]
Basemath (Hebrew: בָּשְׂמַת, Modern: Basmat, Tiberian: Bāsəmaṯ, "Sweet-smelling", Arabic: بسمة; "Sweet-smile"), in the Hebrew Bible, is the name of two different wives of Esau. See Wives of Esau. In Genesis 26:34–35, Basemath is the name of the first wife of Esau. She was the daughter of Elon the Hittite (Genesis 26:34–35).
Isaac and his wife Rebecca, however, were greatly opposed to this union. [5] So, according to some Biblical scholars, Esau changed her name to the Hebrew name "Judith", as to pacify his parents. [6] See Wives of Esau. Biblical scholars have thus conciliated the two different name accounts given in Genesis for the three wives of Esau: [7]
This name of Hebrew origin meaning “to tie, bond” was the given name of Isaac’s wife (and mother of Jacob and Esau) ... “Pleasant and gentle” is the meaning of this Hebrew name, which ...
(Esau referred to the dish as "that red, red stuff", giving rise to his nickname, Hebrew: אדום ('Edom, meaning "Red")). Jacob offered to give Esau a bowl of stew in exchange for his birthright (the right to be recognized as firstborn), and Esau agreed. The Talmudic dating indicates both men were 15 years old at the time. [26]
Three years after his divorce from his first wife, Maples gave birth to the couple's only child together in 1993, Tiffany Trump (named after "Tiffany & Co"). He and Maples wed two months later.