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Genesis 36:3

in Genesis 36

and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

and Basemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebaioth.

KJV

And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

This verse in Genesis 36

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan

on Genesis 36:2-3

Esau's wives are Adah the Hittite, Oholibamah the Hivite, and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter and Nebaioth's sister. Two come from the daughters of Canaan, the peoples Abraham sent his servant far off to avoid at Genesis 24:3, and their names differ from those given at Genesis 26:34 and 28:9. Clarke notes that one man in Scripture often carries two names.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth,.... The eldest son of Ishmael, see Gen 28:9; called there Mahalath.

The words behind it

6 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • בָּשְׂמַ֥תBasemath

    basematH13157 times

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323588 times

  • יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אלIshmael

    yishmaelH345848 times

  • אֲח֥וֹת[the] sister of

    ʾachotH269114 times

  • נְבָיֽוֹת׃Nebaioth

    nevayotH50325 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 25:13

    These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 1:29–31

      These are their genealogies:

    • Isaiah 60:7

      All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.

    • Isaiah 42:11

      Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.

    • Song of Solomon 1:5

      I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

    • Psalms 120:5

      Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

  • Through

    Genesis 28:9

    Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 26:34

      When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

    • Genesis 36:13

      These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

    • Genesis 25:13–17

      These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

About Genesis

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).