OET interlinear GEN 36:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עֵשָׂ֛ו לָקַ֥ח אֶת־נָשָׁ֖י⁠ו מִ⁠בְּנ֣וֹת כְּנָ֑עַן

(Some words not found in UHB: ˊĒsāv he/it_had_taken DOM wives_of,his from,the_daughters_of Kənaˊan DOM ˊĀdāh daughter_of ʼĒylōn the,Hittite and=DOM ʼĀhₑlīⱱāmāh daughter_of ˊAnāh daughter_of Tsiⱱˊōn/(Zibeon) the=Ḩiūī )

Only the first two wives mentioned in this chapter were Canaanites; see the comment about Basemath at [verse 3](../36/03.md). The Canaanites were the descendants of Noah’s grandson Canaan (Ham’s son) and included the Hittites and Hivites ([verse 2](../36/02.md); Genesis [10:15–18](../10/15.md)) and several other people groups. You could put some of that information in a footnote. Alternate translation: [Esau had chosen two of his wives from among the Canaanite women:] or [Esau had married two women who were descendants of Canaan]

אֶת־עָדָ֗ה

DOM DOM ˊĀdāh

Alternate translation: [whose names were Adah]

Note 2 topic: translate-names

בַּת־אֵילוֹן֙ הַֽ⁠חִתִּ֔י

(Some words not found in UHB: ˊĒsāv he/it_had_taken DOM wives_of,his from,the_daughters_of Kənaˊan DOM ˊĀdāh daughter_of ʼĒylōn the,Hittite and=DOM ʼĀhₑlīⱱāmāh daughter_of ˊAnāh daughter_of Tsiⱱˊōn/(Zibeon) the=Ḩiūī )

Make sure your translation does not sound like Elon was the only Hittite. See how you translated Hittites in Genesis [27:46](../27/46.md). Alternate translation: [whose father was Elon, who was a descendant of Heth] or [the daughter of a man named Elon, who was a member of the Heth people group]

וְ⁠אֶת־אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙

and=DOM ʼĀhₑlīⱱāmāh

Notice that the names of Esau’s two Canaanite wives here are different from the names of his wives mentioned in Genesis [26:34](../26/34.md). It could be that they each had two names, or these may be different wives that he married later. Alternate translation: [and also Oholibamah] or [as well as Oholibamah]

Note 3 topic: translate-names

בַּת־עֲנָ֔ה בַּת

(Some words not found in UHB: ˊĒsāv he/it_had_taken DOM wives_of,his from,the_daughters_of Kənaˊan DOM ˊĀdāh daughter_of ʼĒylōn the,Hittite and=DOM ʼĀhₑlīⱱāmāh daughter_of ˊAnāh daughter_of Tsiⱱˊōn/(Zibeon) the=Ḩiūī )

Notice that Elon, Anah, and Zibeon are the names of men here, not women.

Note 4 topic: translate-names

צִבְע֖וֹן הַֽ⁠חִוִּֽי

Tsiⱱˊōn/(Zibeon) (Some words not found in UHB: ˊĒsāv he/it_had_taken DOM wives_of,his from,the_daughters_of Kənaˊan DOM ˊĀdāh daughter_of ʼĒylōn the,Hittite and=DOM ʼĀhₑlīⱱāmāh daughter_of ˊAnāh daughter_of Tsiⱱˊōn/(Zibeon) the=Ḩiūī )

Make sure that your translation of this phrase does not sound like Zibeon was the only Hivite. Consider again how you translated Hivites in the book of Genesis. See [10:17](../10/17.md); [34:2](../34/02.md); [36:2](../36/02.md). Alternate translation: [Zibeon who was a descendant of Hivi] or [Zibeon who was a member of the Hivi people group]