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ANAH.—1. A daughter of Zibeon, and mother of Oholibamah, one of Esau’s wives (Gen_36:2; Gen_36:14; Gen_36:18; Gen_36:26 (R [Note: Redactor.] )). Some ancient authorities (including LXX [Note: Septuagint.] . Sam. Pesh.) read son instead of daughter, which would identify this Anah with—2. A son of Zibeon (Gen_36:24 (R [Note: Redactor.] ), 1Ch_1:40-41). 3. A Horite ‘duke,’ brother of Zibeon (Gen_36:20; Gen_36:29 (R [Note: Redactor.] ), 1Ch_1:38). If we take Anah as an eponym rather than a personal name, and think of relationships between clans rather than individuals, it is quite possible to reduce the above three references to one. In regard to No. 2 the note is appended, ‘This is Anah who found the hot springs (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] wrongly ‘the mules’) in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father’ (Gen_36:24).