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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Adah. Every Adah in the Bible

    person · also Basemath

    Adah

    עָדָה

    Adah, also known as Basemath, was one of Esau's Hittite wives and the mother of Eliphaz, who became a chief in the land of Edom.

    verses
    6
    first named
    Genesis 26:34
    last named
    Genesis 36:16
    period
    before the Flood
    tribe
    Edom

    Description

    Who was Adah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Adah, also referred to as Basemath, was one of the wives of Esau, the son of Isaac and Rebekah. She was a Hittite, the daughter of Elon (Gen.36.2; 26.34). Esau's marriage to Hittite women was a source of grief for his parents (Gen.26.34-35).

    Adah gave birth to Eliphaz, who became one of the chiefs in the land of Edom (Gen.36.4,10). Eliphaz had several sons, including Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz, who also became chiefs in Edom (Gen.36.11-12,15-16).

    In the genealogy of Esau, Adah is mentioned alongside Esau's other wives, Oholibamah and Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael (Gen.36.2-3). However, there is some confusion regarding the names of Esau's wives, as Basemath is also referred to as the daughter of Elon the Hittite (Gen.26.34), suggesting that Adah and Basemath may be two names for the same person.

    Adah's role in the narrative is primarily as the mother of Eliphaz and an ancestor of the Edomites. Her Hittite origin underscores Esau's willingness to marry outside of the family lineage, in contrast to the endogamous marriages of Isaac and Israel (or 'Jacob').

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Adah8 of 8 entities the graph connects to Adah, in 3 groups: kinship 3, company 1, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.EsauSpouse of · 3 events · 84 versesEliphazMother of · 1 event · 8 versesElonChild of · 2 versesKinshipEsau’s wife taking of Adah and OholibamahTook part in · 2 versesCompanyCanaan1 event · 146 versesOholibamah1 event · 7 versesMahalath1 event · 6 versesJudith1 event · 1 verseEventsAdah

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    1. Genesis6 verses

      26:3436:236:436:1036:1236:16

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    via Esau’s wife taking of Adah and Oholibamah and EsauMahalathEsau's wife, daughter of Ishmaelvia Esau’s wife taking of Adah and Oholibamah and EsauOholibamahWife of Esauvia ElonHethSon of Canaan and ancestor of the Hittites.via Eliphaz and EsauJalamSon of Esau and Oholibamahvia Eliphaz and EsauJeushSon of Esau and Oholibamahvia Eliphaz and EsauKorahSon of Esauvia Eliphaz and EsauReuelSon of Esau and Basemath, a chief of Edomvia Esau’s wife taking of Adah and OholibamahCanaanAncient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendantsvia Eliphaza wife of EliphazWife of Eliphaz and mother of Teman.

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