The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Genesis 36
1 Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
2 Esau took his wives from the daughters
of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the
Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of
Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite;
3 and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebaioth.
4 Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath
bore Reuel.
5 Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were
born to him in the land of Canaan.
6 Esautookhis wives, his sons, hisdaughters, and allthe members of his household,
with his livestock, all his animals, and all
his possessions, which he had gathered in
the land of Canaan, and went into a land
away from his brother Jacob.
7 For their substance was too great for
them to dwell together, and the land of
their travels couldn’t bear them because of
their livestock.
8 Esau lived in the hill country of Seir.
Esau is Edom.
9 This is the history of the generations of
Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill
country of Seir:
10 these are the names of Esau’s sons:
Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau;
and Reuel, the son of Basemath, the wife of
Esau.
11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman,
Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 Timna was concubine to Eliphaz,
Esau’s son; and she bore to Eliphaz
Amalek. These are the descendants of
Adah, Esau’s wife.
13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath,
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were
the descendants of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
14 These were the sons of Oholibamah,
the daughter of Anah, the daughter of
Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she bore to Esau
Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
15 These are the chiefs of the sons of
Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn
of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief
Zepho, chief Kenaz,
16 chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief
Amalek. These are the chiefs who came
of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are
the sons of Adah.
17 These are the sons ofReuel, Esau’s son:
chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah,
chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs who
came of Reuel in the land of Edom. These
are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
18 These are the sons of Oholibamah,
Esau’s wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief
Korah. These are the chiefs who came of
Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s
wife.
19 These are the sons of Esau (that is,
Edom), and these are their chiefs.
20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite,
the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal,
Zibeon, Anah,
21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are
the chiefs who came of the Horites, the
children of Seir in the land of Edom.
22 The children of Lotan were Hori and
Heman. Lotan’s sister was Timna.
23 These are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah
and Anah. This is Anah who found the
hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the
donkeys of Zibeon his father.
25 These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of
Anah.
26 These are the children of Dishon:
Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
27 These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan,
Zaavan, and Akan.
28 These are the children of Dishan: Uz
and Aran.
29 These are the chiefs who came of the
Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief
Zibeon, chief Anah,
30 chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief
Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of
the Horites, according to their chiefs in the
land of Seir.
31 These are the kings who reigned in
the land of Edom, before any king reigned
over the children of Israel.
32 Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom.
The name of his city was Dinhabah.
33 Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah
of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
34 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of
the Temanites reigned in his place.
35 Husham died, and Hadad, the son of
Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of
Moab, reigned in his place. The name of
his city was Avith.
36 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah
reigned in his place.
37 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth
by the river, reigned in his place.
38 Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the son of
Achbor reigned in his place.
39 Baal Hanan the son of Achbor died,
and Hadar reigned in his place. The name
of his city was Pau. His wife’s name was
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the
daughter of Mezahab.
40 These are the names of the chiefs who
came from Esau, according to their families, after their places, and by their names:
chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,
41 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief
Pinon,
42 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief
Mibzar,
43 chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These
are the chiefs of Edom, according to their
habitations in the land of their possession.
This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.