Through My Bible Year 03 – April 16

genesis 36

descendants of esau

¹ Now this is the account of the descendants of Esau (i.e. Edom): ² Esau took Canaanite women as his wives. They were Adah, daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah, daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite. ³ He also married Basemath, daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

⁴ Adah gave birth to Eliphaz for Esau.

Basmath gave birth to Reuel.

⁵ Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam and Korah.

These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

⁶ Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all his household members, his livestock, all his livestock, and all his property that he had accumulated in the land of Canaan, and he went to another country, away from his brother Jacob. ⁷ Their herds were so large that they could not live together, and the land on which they settled could not support them both because of their animals. ⁸ So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is another name for Edom.)

⁹ This is the story about the descendants of Esau, the founder of Edom in the hill country of Seir:

¹⁰ The names of Esau’s sons are: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, Esau’s wife, and Reuel, the son of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

¹¹ The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz. ¹² Timnah was the concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, and she gave birth to Amalek for Eliphaz. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

¹³ The sons of Reuel were: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

¹⁴ The following were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, who was the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon. She gave birth to Jeush, Jalam and Korah from Esau.

heads of the clans of Edom

¹⁵ The following are the main men of the clans of Esau’s descendants:

From the descendants of Eliphaz, Esau’s firstborn, were chief Teman, chief Umar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, ¹⁶ Chief Korah, chief Gatam, and chief Amalek. These are the prominent people who were descendants of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the descendants of Ada.

¹⁷ The descendants of Reuel, son of Esau, are: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, and chief Mizzah. These are the prominent people who were descendants of Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.

¹⁸ The following are the descendants of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chief Jeush, Chief Zalam, and Chief Korah. These are the main men from the descendants of Esau’s wife Oholibaama, the daughter of Anah. ¹⁹ These are the descendants of Esau (i.e. Edom), and they are their leaders.

other people of edom

²⁰ These are the sons of Seir the Horite who lived in that land: Lotan, Shobaal, Zibon, Anah, ²¹ Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the prominent people who were descendants of the Horites, the descendants of Seir, in the land of Edom.

²² Lotan’s sons were Hori and Heman. Lotan’s sister was Timnah.

²³ The following were the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahat, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

²⁴ The sons of Zibeon are: Aijah and Anah. This is the same Anah who discovered hot springs in the wilderness while tending her father Zibeon’s donkeys.

²⁵ The following are the descendants of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.

²⁶ Dishon’s sons were: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

²⁷ The sons of Eser were: Bilhan, Javan and Akan.

²⁸ Dishan had the following sons: Uz and Aran.

²⁹ The following are the chiefs who descended from Horite: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobaal, Chief Zibeon, Chief Anah, ³⁰ Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishan. These are the chief men who came from the Horites in the land of Seir, according to their chiefs.

king of edom

³¹ The following were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the people of Israel:

³² Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhaba. ³³ Bela died, and Jobab, son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.

³⁴ Jobab died, and Husham of the Temanites reigned in his place.

³⁵ Husham died, and Hadad son of Badad, who killed Midian in the land of Moab, became king in his place. The name of his city was Avith.

³⁶ Hadad died, and Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

³⁷ Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

³⁸ Saul died, and Baal Hanan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his place.

³⁹ Baalhanan, son of Achbor, and Hadad died ⁽¹⁾ Ruled in his place. The name of his city was Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, and daughter of Mezahab.

⁴⁰ The names of the chiefs who came from Esau are listed according to their clans, their territory, and their names: chief Timnah, chief Alvah, chief Jjeteth, ⁴¹ Chief Oholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon, ⁴² Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar, ⁴³ Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These are the chief men of Edom, and they ruled according to the land in which they lived. (Edom is another name for Esau, the father of the Edomites.)