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Adah

also called Basemath · A woman, in the time of the Patriarchs · Edom · named in 6 verses

the name means ornament Strong's Lexicon

Adah, also known as Basemath, was one of Esau's Hittite wives and the mother of Eliphaz, who became a chief in the land of Edom.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ornament. (1.) The first of Lamech's two wives, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal (Gen. 4:19, 20, 23).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Elon
Partners Esau
Children Eliphaz

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Genesis 26:34.

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Verses that name Adah