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## Genesis 36:2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/genesis/36/1) Now these *are* the generations of Esau, who *is* Edom.
 
 [2 ](/kjv/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;
 
 [3 ](/kjv/genesis/36/3) And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.*
 
 [4 ](/kjv/genesis/36/4) And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
 
 [5 ](/kjv/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.
 
[Genesis 35](/kjv/genesis/35) [Genesis 37](/kjv/genesis/37)

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