Basemath, Bashemath, or Basmath (Hebrew: בָּשְׂמַת, ModernBasmat, TiberianBāśəmáṯ; "Sweet-smelling", Arabic: بسمة; "Sweet-smile") is a character in the Book of Genesis. She was the daughter of Ishmael (or as Genesis 26:34-35 shows, Elon the Hittite), the niece of Isaac, and the third wife of Esau. (Genesis 36:2,3)