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'''Aholibamah''' ([[Hebrew]] '''אָהֳלִיבָמָה''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''Oholivama''', [[Tiberian Hebrew]] '''ʼĀhŏlīḇāmā'''; "My tabernacle of/is height/exaltation" or "Tent of the High Place"<ref name = "Phillips, 284">Phillips, J. ''Exploring Genesis: an expository commentary'', ({{ISBN|0-8254-3488-2}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8254-3488-4}}), 2001, p. 284</ref>), is an eight-time referenced matriarch in the biblical record.<ref>[[Book of Genesis]] 36:2,5,14,18,25,41; & [[1 Chronicles]] 1:52</ref>
'''Aholibamah''' ([[Hebrew]] '''אָהֳלִיבָמָה''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''Oholivama''', [[Tiberian Hebrew]] ''
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Ohŏlīḇāmā'''; "My tabernacle of/is height/exaltation" or "Tent of the High Place"<ref name = "Phillips, 284">Phillips, J. ''Exploring Genesis: an expository commentary'', ({{ISBN|0-8254-3488-2}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8254-3488-4}}), 2001, p. 284</ref>), is an eight-time referenced matriarch in the biblical record.<ref>[[Book of Genesis]] 36:2,5,14,18,25,41; & [[1 Chronicles]] 1:52</ref>



Aholibamah (a descendant of [[Ishmael#Family_tree|Ishmael]]) was the daughter of [[List of Biblical figures#Anah|Anah]] of Zibeon the [[Hivite]]. Her maternal grandfather was [[Zibeon]] the Hivite son of Seir the [[Horite]].<ref>{{bible verse||Genesis|36:2|HE}}</ref> She was one of two Canaanite women who married [[Esau]], the son of [[Isaac]], when he was in his forties. However, her ''In-Laws'' were greatly opposed to this union.<ref>{{bible verse||Genesis|26:35|HE}}</ref> So as to pacify them, Esau changed her name to the Hebraic name "Judith".<ref>Phillips, ''Exploring Genesis'', p. 284, 285</ref>
Aholibamah (a descendant of [[Ishmael#Family_tree|Ishmael]]) was the daughter of [[List of Biblical figures#Anah|Anah]] of Zibeon the [[Hivite]]. Her maternal grandfather was [[Zibeon]] the Hivite son of Seir the [[Horite]].<ref>{{bible verse||Genesis|36:2|HE}}</ref> She was one of two Canaanite women who married [[Esau]], the son of [[Isaac]], when he was in his forties. However, her ''In-Laws'' were greatly opposed to this union.<ref>{{bible verse||Genesis|26:35|HE}}</ref> So as to pacify them, Esau changed her name to the Hebraic name "Judith".<ref>Phillips, ''Exploring Genesis'', p. 284, 285</ref>

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Aholibamah (Hebrew אָהֳלִיבָמָה, Standard Hebrew Oholivama, Tiberian Hebrew ' Ohŏlīḇāmā; "My tabernacle of/is height/exaltation" or "Tent of the High Place"[1]), is an eight-time referenced matriarch in the biblical record.[2]


Aholibamah (a descendant of Ishmael) was the daughter of Anah of Zibeon the Hivite. Her maternal grandfather was Zibeon the Hivite son of Seir the Horite.[3] She was one of two Canaanite women who married Esau, the son of Isaac, when he was in his forties. However, her In-Laws were greatly opposed to this union.[4] So as to pacify them, Esau changed her name to the Hebraic name "Judith".[5]

In the fantasy novel Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle, Oholibamah was the daughter of a nephil (fallen angel). She married into the family of Noah.

In The Red Tent, Oholibamah is mentioned as having died in childbirth, leaving only Adath and Basemath, both bitter rivals for Esau's affections.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainEaston, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

  1. ^ Phillips, J. Exploring Genesis: an expository commentary, (ISBN 0-8254-3488-2, ISBN 978-0-8254-3488-4), 2001, p. 284
  2. ^ Book of Genesis 36:2,5,14,18,25,41; & 1 Chronicles 1:52
  3. ^ Genesis 36:2
  4. ^ Genesis 26:35
  5. ^ Phillips, Exploring Genesis, p. 284, 285