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What was the relationship between Ishmael and Esau?

Esau married Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, to please his father Isaac. Genesis 28:8-9

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Genesis 28:9

He went to Ismael, and took to wife, besides them he had before, Maheleth the daughter of Ismael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nabajoth.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

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