Aholibamah (Hebrew: אָהֳלִיבָמָה ʾĀhŏlīḇāmā; "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 was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,[3] son of Seir the Horite.[4] She was one of two Canaanite women who married Esau, the son of Isaac, when he was in his forties. Isaac and his wife Rebecca, however, were greatly opposed to this union.[5] So, according to some Biblical scholars, Esau changed her name to the Hebrew name "Judith", as to pacify his parents.[6] See Wives of Esau.
Biblical scholars have thus conciliated the two different name accounts given in Genesis for the three wives of Esau:[7]
The name Aholibamah appears again later among the listed clans of Edom, suggesting that a descendant of Esau had the same (female) name and became a chief.[8]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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