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See Book of Judith about another later Judith in Jewish history.

Judith (Hebrew: יהודית, Modern: Yehudit, Tiberian: Yəhûḏîṯ, "Praised" or "Jewess"), the feminine form of Judah.

Judith is the name of one of the two Hittite wives of Esau in the Book of Genesis 26:34. Reportedly, Esau's two wives were a great deal of annoyance to his parents Isaac and Rebekah. It is written that when Esau was age forty, he took Judith, a Hittite and the daughter of Beeri, as his wife along with Bashemath, another Hittite and the daughter of Elon. The two wives were a grief of mind unto Isaac and Rebekah as written in Genesis 26:35.

Esau's 3 wives are Basemath (daughter of Elon the Hittite), Judith and Mahalath (daughter of Ishmael) from Genesis 26:34 and 28:9. Their other names are Adah (daughter of Elon the Hittite), Oholibamah and Basemath (daughter of Ishmael) respectively from Genesis 36:2-3. Since Esau found out his parents disliked the Canaanite women, he changed Adah's name to Basemath and Oholibamah's name to Judith. When he got his third wife, also named Basemath, he changed her name to Mahalath.

See also

  • Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite, also named Adah, first wife of Esau
  • Aholibamah, also spelled Oholibamah, another name for Judith, second wife of Esau
  • Mahalath daughter of Ishmael, also named Basemath, third wife of Esau
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