Aholibamah
Aholibamah(Hebrew:אָהֳלִיבָמָהʾĀhŏlīḇāmā;"My tabernacle of/is height/exaltation" or "Tent of the High Place"[1]), is an eight-time referenced matriarch in the biblical record.[2]
Aholibamah was the daughter ofAnahand granddaughter ofZibeontheHivite,[3]son of Seir theHorite.[4]She was one of two Canaanite women who marriedEsau,the son ofIsaac,when he was in his forties. Isaac and his wifeRebecca,however, were greatly opposed to this union.[5]So, according to some Biblical scholars, Esau changed her name to theHebrewname "Judith", as to pacify his parents.[6]SeeWives of Esau.
Biblical scholars have thus conciliated the two different name accounts given in Genesis for the three wives of Esau:[7]
- Basemath(Genesis 26:34–35) =Adah(Genesis 36:2,3), the daughter of Elon the Hittite;
- Judith (Genesis 26:34–35) = Aholibamah (Genesis 36:2,3), also a Canaanite;
- Mahalath(Genesis 28:9) = Bashemath[clarification needed](Genesis 36:2,3), Esau's cousin and third wife, daughter of Ishmael.
The name Aholibamah appears again later among the listed clans ofEdom,suggesting that a descendant of Esau had the same (female) name and became a chief.[8]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Easton, Matthew George(1897).Easton's Bible Dictionary(New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.{{cite encyclopedia}}:Missing or empty|title=(help)
- ^Phillips, J.Exploring Genesis: an expository commentary,(ISBN0-8254-3488-2,ISBN978-0-8254-3488-4), 2001, p. 284
- ^Book of Genesis36:2,5,14,18,25,41; &1 Chronicles1:52
- ^Genesis 36:2
- ^Genesis 36:20
- ^Genesis 26:35
- ^Phillips,Exploring Genesis,p. 284, 285
- ^Klein, Reuven Chaim (2014)."the Wives of Esau"(PDF).Jewish Bible Quarterly.42(4): 211–220.
- ^Genesis 36:41
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