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Mahalath

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Person in Genesis 28:6–9: Mahalath.

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GEN 28:6–9, engwebp
⁶Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;”
⁷and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
⁸Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.
⁹So Esau went to Ishmael, and took, in addition to the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: Three accounts of whom Esau married do not agree

26:34 gives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
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- GEN 26:34–35, engwebp
  ³⁴When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
  ³⁵They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.
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28:9 gives Mahalath, Ishmael’s daughter and Nebaioth’s sister.
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- GEN 28:6–9, engwebp
  ⁶Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;”
  ⁷and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
  ⁸Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.
  ⁹So Esau went to Ishmael, and took, in addition to the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
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36:2-3 gives Adah daughter of Elon, Oholibamah daughter of Anah, and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter and Nebaioth’s sister. The same descriptions attach to different names.
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- GEN 36:1–8, engwebp
  ¹Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
  ²Esau 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;
  ³and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebaioth.
  ⁴Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.
  ⁵Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
  ⁶Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
  ⁷For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn’t bear them because of their livestock.
  ⁸Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
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Ishmael (son of Abraham) — Father of — Mahalath

Evidence: Genesis 28:6–9
Mahalath — Sibling of — Nebaioth

Evidence: Genesis 28:6–9
Esau — Spouse of — Mahalath

Evidence: Genesis 28:6–9
Appears in the narrated event (1) — Esau takes Mahalath, Ishmael’s daughter

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So Esau went to Ishmael, and took, in addition to the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

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Entry: Mahalath (person-mahalath)
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Current wording: Person in Genesis 28:6–9: Mahalath.
Cited evidence: GEN 28:6–9, engwebp
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