Genesis 36:2

36:2 Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

Genesis 28:6

28:6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. As he blessed him, Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”


tn Heb “from the daughters of Canaan.”

tn Heb “daughter,” but see Gen 36:24-25.

tn Heb “to take for himself from there a wife.”

tn The infinitive construct with the preposition and the suffix form a temporal clause.

tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”