The Meaning of Genesis 36:2 Explained

Genesis 36:2

KJV: 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;

YLT: Esau hath taken his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

Darby: Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

ASV: Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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; 

What does Genesis 36:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 36:1-8 - Jacob's Sons Esau's Sons Isaac's Death
From Bethel to Bethlehem is not far. The one, the House of God; the other, the House of Bread. We need them both, if we are to bear up under the repeated shocks of life, such as the death of the old nurse Deborah, the death of our beloved Rachels, the sins of our children, and the breakup of the old home, as when our father is borne to his grave. Well was it for Jacob that he had got right with God before these repeated waves broke upon him. Isaac had not lived a great life, but his full years gave him a claim on the veneration of his sons, who forgot their jealousies and feuds as they stood together at his bier. But how greatly men misjudge death. It is not the end, but the beginning. We find hereafter Isaac associated with Abraham and Jacob, as welcoming the saints homeward. Death greatens good men! [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 36

1  Esau's three wives
6  His removal to mount Seir
9  His sons
15  The dukes which descended of his sons
20  The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite
24  Anah finds mules
31  The kings of Edom
40  The dukes that descended of Esau

What do the individual words in Genesis 36:2 mean?

Esau took - his wives from the daughters of Canaan Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite and Aholibamah of Anah of Zibeon the Hivite
עֵשָׂ֛ו לָקַ֥ח אֶת־ נָשָׁ֖יו מִבְּנ֣וֹת : כְּנָ֑עַן עָדָ֗ה בַּת־ אֵילוֹן֙ הַֽחִתִּ֔י וְאֶת־ אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙ עֲנָ֔ה צִבְע֖וֹן הַֽחִוִּֽי

עֵשָׂ֛ו  Esau 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵשָׂו  
Sense: eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob; sold the birthright for food when he was hungry and the divine blessing went to Jacob; progenitor of the Arab peoples.
לָקַ֥ח  took 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
נָשָׁ֖יו  his  wives 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
מִבְּנ֣וֹת  from  the  daughters 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
: כְּנָ֑עַן  of  Canaan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּנַעַן 
Sense: the 4th son of Ham and the progenitor of the Phoenicians and of the various nations who peopled the seacoast of Palestine.
עָדָ֗ה  Adah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עָדָה  
Sense: the st of the 2 wives of Lamech and mother of Jabal and Jubal.
בַּת־  the  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
אֵילוֹן֙  of  Elon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵילֹון 
Sense: Hittite, father-in-law of Esau.
הַֽחִתִּ֔י  the  Hittite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִתִּי  
Sense: the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon.
אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙  Aholibamah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אָהֳלִיבָמָה  
Sense: wife of Esau.
עֲנָ֔ה  of  Anah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֲנָה  
Sense: son of Zibeon and father of Aholibamah, a wife of Esau.
צִבְע֖וֹן  of  Zibeon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צִבְעֹון  
Sense: father of Anah, whose daughter Aholibamah married Esau.
הַֽחִוִּֽי  the  Hivite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִוִּי  
Sense: 6th generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest.

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