Gen. 36:3 and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth Book I, Chapter 18 Esau having married already Basemmath, the daughter of Ismael, without his father's consent; for Isaac did not like the Canaanites, so that he disapproved of Esau's former marriages, which made him take Basemmath to wife, in order to Machlath The daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, and one of the wives of Esau.Als o known as Basemath. Basemath Daughter of Ishmael, and wife of Esau,also known as Machlath. Esau's ma rriage to Basemath and to Oholibamah (both Canaanite women) wa