GenesisChapter 36

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¹This is the story of Esau's family. Esau is also called Edom. ²Esau married women from Canaan. He married Adah, daughter of Elon the Hittite. He married Oholibamah, daughter of Anah. She was the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite. ³He also married Basemath, daughter of Ishmael. She was Nebaioth's sister. ⁴Adah had a son for Esau named Eliphaz. Basemath had Reuel. ⁵Oholibamah had Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau born to him in the land of Canaan. ⁶Later Esau moved to a land far from his brother Jacob. He took his wives, his sons and daughters, and all the people in his house. He took his herds and all his other animals. He took all the things he had gotten in Canaan. ⁷He did this because the two brothers had too much to live together. The land where they were staying could not support them both, because they had too many animals. ⁸So Esau settled in the hills of Mount Seir. Esau is Edom. ⁹This is the story of Esau's family. He was the father of the Edomites in the hills of Mount Seir. ¹⁰These are the names of Esau's sons. Eliphaz was the son of Esau's wife Adah. Reuel was the son of Esau's wife Basemath. ¹¹The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. ¹²Eliphaz, Esau's son, also had a concubine named Timna. She had a son named Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau's wife Adah. ¹³These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau's wife Basemath. ¹⁴Esau's wife Oholibamah was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. These are the sons she had with Esau: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. ¹⁵These are the chiefs who came from Esau's sons. Eliphaz was Esau's oldest son. His sons were Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, ¹⁶Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. They were the chiefs from Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They were the grandsons of Adah. ¹⁷These are the sons of Esau's son Reuel: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. They were the chiefs from Reuel in the land of Edom. They were the grandsons of Esau's wife Basemath. ¹⁸These are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: Chief Jeush, Chief Jalam, and Chief Korah. They were the chiefs from Esau's wife Oholibamah, Anah's daughter. ¹⁹All these were the sons of Esau, who is Edom. And they were their chiefs. ²⁰These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ²¹Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They were the chiefs of the Horites. They came from Seir in the land of Edom. ²²The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Lotan's sister was Timna. ²³These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. ²⁴These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness. He found them while he was taking care of his father Zibeon's donkeys. ²⁵These are the children of Anah: Dishon, and Oholibamah, Anah's daughter. ²⁶These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ²⁷These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. ²⁸These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. ²⁹These are the chiefs of the Horites: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobal, Chief Zibeon, Chief Anah, ³⁰Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishan. They were the chiefs of the Horites, group by group, in the land of Seir. ³¹These are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom. They ruled before any king ruled over the Israelites. ³²Bela son of Beor was king in Edom. His city was named Dinhabah. ³³When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah became king in his place. He was from Bozrah. ³⁴When Jobab died, Husham became king in his place. He was from the land of the Temanites. ³⁵When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king in his place. He was the one who beat Midian in the land of Moab. His city was named Avith. ³⁶When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah became king in his place. ³⁷When Samlah died, Shaul became king in his place. He was from Rehoboth on the Euphrates River. ³⁸When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor became king in his place. ³⁹When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadad became king in his place. His city was named Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel. She was the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Me-zahab. ⁴⁰These are the names of Esau's chiefs, by their families, their areas, and their names: Chief Timna, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth, ⁴¹Chief Oholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon, ⁴²Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar, ⁴³Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom. They are listed by the places where they lived in the land they owned. Esau was the father of the Edomites.