History conveniently left out of development of Esau lineage Genesis 26:34–35 describes Esaus marriage at the age of forty to two Canaanite women: Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. This arrangement grieved his parents.[10] Upon seeing that his brother was blessed and that their father rejected Esaus union to Canaanites, Esau went to the house of his uncle Ishmael and married his cousin,[11] Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, and sister of Nebajoth. Esaus family is again revisited in Genesis 36, this passage names two Canaanite wives; Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, and a third: Bashemath, Ishmaels daughter, sister of Nebajoth. Some scholars equate the three wives mentioned in Genesis 26 with those in Genesis 36.[12][13] Casting his lot with the Ishmaelites, he was able to drive the Horites out of Mount Seir to settle in that region.[1] According to some views Esau is considered to be the progenitor not only of the Edomites but of the Kenizzites and the Amalekites as well.[14] [15
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