Mahalath
PersonA woman of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.28.9) referred to as Mahalath (מַחֲלַת), or Basemath (בָּֽשְׂמַת); daughter of Ishmael; a sister of Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah; wife of Esau; mother of Reuel.
Their thread through Scripture
- Genesis 28:9
Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.