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When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of the Hittite Beeri, and [he also took a second wife] Basemath, the daughter of the Hittite Eilon.
Esau took [three non-Jewish] wives from among the daughters of Canaan [against the will of his father Isaac, see , ]:
Ada, daughter of Elon the Hittite,
and Oholivama, daughter of Anah, granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite
and Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebajoth.
And Ada bore Eliphaz to Esau,
and Basemath bore Reuel,
These are the names of Esau's sons:
Eliphaz, son of Adah, Esau's wife, Reuel, son of Basemath, Esau's wife.
And Timna was the concubine of Eliphaz, Esau's son, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.
[Amalek becomes the progenitor of the Amalekites. This people is the first to attack the sons of Israel after they came out of Egypt and wandered for about a month from the crossing of the Red Sea. At Rephidim, they defeat the Amalekites (). Later, Moses urges them not to forget to destroy the Amalekites but to remember this (). After that, it is Saul who fights against the Amalekites and is disobedient, which means that he can no longer be king, because he does not destroy all the spoils and fails to kill their king (). In the Book of Esther, the evil Haman is a descendant of an Amalekite. He wants to exterminate all Jews but fails. Amalek is also the spiritual force that throughout history has stood for/represented all kinds of anti-Semitism, i.e., a desire to exterminate the Jews. It has taken many forms throughout history, and even replacement theology (which teaches that the role of the Jews has been completely replaced by Christianity) is a variant of anti-Semitism.]
And these are the sons of Reuel: Nachat and Zerah, Shama and Miza. These are the sons of Basmat, Esau's wife.
the chief of Korah, the chief of Gatam, the chief of Amalek. These are the chiefs who came from Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.
And these are the sons of Reuel, the son of Esau: the prince of Nahath, the prince of Zerah, the prince of Shamma, the prince of Miza. These are the princes who come from Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath, the wife of Esau.
