Genesis 36:4
Strong's Lexicon
And Adah
עָדָ֛ה (‘ā·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5711: Adah = 'ornament' 1) the 1st of the 2 wives of Lamech and mother of Jabal and Jubal 2) a Hittitess, 1 of the 3 wives of Esau and mother of Eliphaz 2a) also called 'Bashemath'

bore
וַתֵּ֧לֶד (wat·tê·leḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

Eliphaz
אֱלִיפָ֑ז (’ĕ·lî·p̄āz)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 464: Eliphaz = 'my God is (fine) gold' 1) Esau's son, father of Teman 2) the Temanite friend of Job

to Esau,
לְעֵשָׂ֖ו (lə·‘ê·śāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6215: Esau = 'hairy' 1) eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob; sold the birthright for food when he was hungry and the divine blessing went to Jacob; progenitor of the Arab peoples

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Basemath
וּבָ֣שְׂמַ֔ת (ū·ḇā·śə·maṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1315: Bashemath or Basmath = 'spice' 1) Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth 2) daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon's commissariat officers

gave birth to
יָלְדָ֖ה (yā·lə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Reuel,
רְעוּאֵֽל׃ (rə·‘ū·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7467: Reuel or Raguel = 'friend of God' 1) a son of Esau by his wife Bashemath, the sister of Ishmael 2) the father-in-law of Moses 2a) also 'Jethro' 3) father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad at the time of the census at Sinai 4) a Benjamite, ancestor of Elah

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

Young's Literal Translation
And Adah beareth to Esau, Eliphaz; and Bashemath hath born Reuel;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

New American Standard Bible
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel,

King James Bible
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

New Living Translation
Adah gave birth to a son named Eliphaz for Esau. Basemath gave birth to a son named Reuel.

English Standard Version
And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel;

New American Standard Bible
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel,

King James Bible
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

International Standard Version
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel, and

NET Bible
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

American Standard Version
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel;

English Revised Version
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel;

Young's Literal Translation
And Adah beareth to Esau, Eliphaz; and Bashemath hath born Reuel;
















Cross References
Genesis 26:34
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

Genesis 36:3
And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

Genesis 36:5
And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.

1 Chronicles 1:35
The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 36:2
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

Genesis 36:1
Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

Genesis 36:6
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

Genesis 36:7
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
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