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People of the Bible

Adah

also called Bashemath

Family

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The first of Esau’s three wives, the daughter of Elon the Hittite (Gen. 36:2, 4), called also Bashemath (26:34).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 6 verses

Genesis: 26:34, 36:2, 36:4, 36:10, 36:12, 36:16

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.