Bible Study on “Bashemath”

Meaning of “Bashemath”

  1. Bashemath — sweet-smelling. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau's three wives (Gen. 36:3, 4, 13), from whose son Reuel four tribes of the Edomites sprung. She is also called Mahalath (Gen. 28:9). It is noticeable that Esau's three wives receive different names in the genealogical table of the Edomites (Gen. 36) from those given to them in the history (Gen. 26:34; 28:9). (2.) A daughter of Solomon, and wife of Ahimaaz, one of his officers (1 Kings 4:15).

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  1. Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 34 — And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

  2. Genesis Chapter 36 Verse 17 — And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.

  3. Genesis Chapter 36 Verse 13 — And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.

  4. Genesis Chapter 36 Verse 10 — These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.

  5. Genesis Chapter 36 Verse 4 — And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

  6. Genesis Chapter 36 Verse 3 — And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

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