Atlas Biblica

    person

    Oholibamah

    אׇהֳלִיבָמָה

    Oholibamah was one of Esau's wives, a descendant of Seir the Horite.

    verses
    7
    first named
    Genesis 36:2
    last named
    Genesis 36:25
    period
    the Patriarchs
    tribe
    Edom

    Description

    Who was Oholibamah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Oholibamah was one of the wives of Esau, the son of Isaac and Rebekah (Gen.36.2). She was the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon, both descendants of Seir the Horite (Gen.36.2, 14). Oholibamah bore three sons to Esau: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah (Gen.36.5, 14, 18). She is mentioned in the genealogies of Esau, which list his wives, descendants, and the chiefs of Edom (Gen.36.18, 41; 1Ch.1.52). As one of Esau's wives, Oholibamah played a role in the establishment of the Edomite nation, which descended from Esau.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    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 Oholibamah10 of 12 entities the graph connects to Oholibamah, in 3 groups: kinship 5, 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 · 2 events · 84 versesAnahChild of · 10 versesJalamMother of · 2 events · 4 versesJeushMother of · 2 events · 4 versesKorahMother of · 2 events · 4 versesKinshipOholibamah’s birthTook part in · 3 versesCompanyCanaan2 events · 146 versesChief1 event · 18 versesAdah1 event · 6 versesMahalath1 event · 6 versesEventsOholibamah

    The 10 best-attested of 12 are drawn. All 12 are listed below.

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    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Oholibamah happensThe one place the claims about Oholibamah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Canaan. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Oholibamah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Canaan
    the PatriarchsThe one place the claims about Oholibamah reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 7, across 2 books. The name is written 8 times in them.

    1. Genesis6 verses

      36:236:536:1436:1836:2536:41

    2. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      1:52

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Esau and Jalam, and 2 moreEliphazThe firstborn son of Esau.via Esau and Jalam, and 2 moreReuelSon of Esau and Basemath, a chief of Edomvia Esau’s wife taking of Adah and Oholibamah and Oholibamah’s birthCanaanAncient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendantsvia Esau’s wife taking of Adah and Oholibamah and EsauAdahHittite wife of Esau; mother of Eliphazvia Esau’s wife taking of Adah and Oholibamah and EsauMahalathEsau's wife, daughter of Ishmaelvia DishonCheranSon of Dishon, descendant of Esauvia DishonEshbanSon of Dishon, a Horite chief in Seir.via DishonHemdanA descendant of Seir the Horite.via DishonIthranDescendant of Esau, son of Dishon the Horite.

    Where they appear

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    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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