Mahalath
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Mahalath was, according to the Bible, the third wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. Esau took Mahalath from the house of Ishmael to be his wife, after seeing that his Canaanite wives (Basemath and Judith) displeased his father, Isaac (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).
Esau sought this union with a non-Canaanite, in an effort to reconcile his relationship with his parents,[1][2] namely with his father Isaac whose blessing he sought (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".). However, there is no record of his parents' approval for the union of Esau and Mahalath. She bore a son, Reuel, to Esau. (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".)
In Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"., on the other hand, Esau's three wives are differently named; his family is mentioned as consisting of two Canaanite wives, Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah, and a third: Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter. Some scholars equate the three wives mentioned in Genesis 26 and 28 with those mentioned in Genesis 36, in the following way:[3]
- Basemath (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".) = Adah (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".), the daughter of Elon the Hittite;
- Judith (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".) = Aholibamah (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".), also a Canaanite;
- Mahalath (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".) = Bashemath (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".), Esau's cousin and third wife, daughter of Ishmael
Nonetheless, other scholars dispute these connections.[4] See Wives of Esau.
References
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- ^ Easton, M. Illustrated Bible Dictionary, (Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN ), 2006, p.236
- ^ Phillips, J. Exploring Genesis: an expository commentary, (Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN), 2001, p. 284
- ^ Phillips, J. Exploring Genesis: an expository commentary, (Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN), 2001, p. 284
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Klein, Reuven Chaim (2014). "the Wives of Esau" (PDF). Jewish Bible Quarterly. 42 (4): 211–220.
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