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Genesis 36 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Esau’s Family
Gen 36:1

These are the family records of Esau (that is, Edom).

Gen 36:2

Esau took his wives from the Canaanite women: Adah daughter of Elon the Hethite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter[fn] of Zibeon the Hivite,

Gen 36:3

and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

Gen 36:4

Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

Gen 36:5

and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were Esau’s sons, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

Gen 36:6

Esau took his wives, sons, daughters, and all the people of his household, as well as his herds, all his livestock, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan; he went to a land away from his brother Jacob.

Gen 36:7

For their possessions were too many for them to live together, and because of their herds, the land where they stayed could not support them.

Gen 36:8

So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.

Gen 36:9

These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.

Gen 36:10

These are the names of Esau’s sons:

Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah,

and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

Gen 36:11

The sons of Eliphaz were

Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

Gen 36:12

Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz,

bore Amalek to Eliphaz.

These are the sons of Esau’s wife Adah.

Gen 36:13

These are Reuel’s sons:

Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

These are the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

Gen 36:14

These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah

daughter of Anah and granddaughter[fn] of Zibeon:

She bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah to Edom.

Gen 36:15

These are the chiefs among Esau’s sons:

the sons of Eliphaz, Esau’s firstborn:

chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

Gen 36:16

chief Korah,[fn] chief Gatam, and chief Amalek.

These are the chiefs descended from Eliphaz

in the land of Edom.

These are the sons of Adah.

Gen 36:17

These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son:

chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, and chief Mizzah.

These are the chiefs descended from Reuel

in the land of Edom.

These are the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

Gen 36:18

These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah:

chief Jeush, chief Jalam, and chief Korah.

These are the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah

daughter of Anah.

Gen 36:19

These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom),

and these are their chiefs.

Seir’s Family
Gen 36:20

These are the sons of Seir the Horite,

the inhabitants of the land:

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

Gen 36:21

Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

These are the chiefs among the Horites,

the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.

Gen 36:22

The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman.

Timna was Lotan’s sister.

Gen 36:23

These are Shobal’s sons:

Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

Gen 36:24

These are Zibeon’s sons: Aiah and Anah.

This was the Anah who found the hot springs[fn] in the wilderness

while he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.

Gen 36:25

These are the children of Anah:

Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

Gen 36:26

These are Dishon’s sons:

Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

Gen 36:27

These are Ezer’s sons:

Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

Gen 36:28

These are Dishan’s sons: Uz and Aran.

Gen 36:29

These are the chiefs among the Horites:

chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,

Gen 36:30

chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan.

These are the chiefs among the Horites,

clan by clan,[fn] in the land of Seir.

Rulers of Edom
Gen 36:31

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom

before any king reigned over the Israelites:

Gen 36:32

Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom;

the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Gen 36:33

When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

Gen 36:34

When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

Gen 36:35

When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad reigned in his place.

He defeated Midian in the field of Moab;

the name of his city was Avith.

Gen 36:36

When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

Gen 36:37

When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates River reigned in his place.

Gen 36:38

When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.

Gen 36:39

When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadar[fn] reigned in his place.

His city was Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel

daughter of Matred daughter of Me-zahab.

Gen 36:40

These are the names of Esau’s chiefs,

according to their families and their localities,

by their names:

chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,

Gen 36:41

chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

Gen 36:42

chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

Gen 36:43

chief Magdiel, and chief Iram.

These are Edom’s chiefs,

according to their settlements in the land they possessed.

Esau[fn] was father of the Edomites.

CSB Footnotes
Sam, LXX read Anah son
Sam, LXX read Anah son
Sam omits Korah
Syr, Vg; Tg reads the mules ; Hb obscure
Lit Horites, for their chiefs
Many Hb mss, Sam, Syr read Hadad
Lit He Esau
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