Genesis 36 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Esau Moves

(1Ch 1:35–42 )

Gen 36:1These are the descendants of Esau (that is, Edom).

Gen 36:2Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholiba'mah the daughter of Anah the son of Zib'eon the Hivite,

Gen 36:3

Gen 36:3and Bas'emath, Ish'mael's daughter, the sister of Neba'ioth.

Gen 36:4

Gen 36:4And Adah bore to Esau, El'iphaz; Bas'emath bore Reu'el;

Gen 36:5

Gen 36:5and Oholiba'mah bore Je'ush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

Gen 36:6

Gen 36:6Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his cattle, all his beasts, and all his property which he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and he went into a land away from his brother Jacob.

Gen 36:7

Gen 36:7For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land of their sojournings could not support them because of their cattle.

Gen 36:8

Gen 36:8So Esau dwelt in the hill country of Se'ir; Esau is Edom.

Descendants of Esau

Gen 36:9

Gen 36:9These are the descendants of Esau the father of the E'domites in the hill country of Se'ir.

Gen 36:10

Gen 36:10These are the names of Esau's sons: El'iphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reu'el the son of Bas'emath the wife of Esau.

Gen 36:11

Gen 36:11The sons of El'iphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

Gen 36:12

Gen 36:12(Timna was a concubine of El'iphaz, Esau's son; she bore Am'alek to El'iphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.

Gen 36:13

Gen 36:13These are the sons of Reu'el: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Bas'emath, Esau's wife.

Gen 36:14

Gen 36:14These are the sons of Oholiba'mah the daughter of Anah the son of Zib'eon, Esau's wife: she bore to Esau Je'ush, Jalam, and Korah.

Gen 36:15

Gen 36:15These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of El'iphaz the first-born of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

Gen 36:16

Gen 36:16Korah, Gatam, and Am'alek; these are the chiefs of El'iphaz in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Adah.

Gen 36:17

Gen 36:17These are the sons of Reu'el, Esau's son: the chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the chiefs of Reu'el in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Bas'emath, Esau's wife.

Gen 36:18

Gen 36:18These are the sons of Oholiba'mah, Esau's wife: the chiefs Je'ush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the chiefs born of Oholiba'mah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.

Gen 36:19

Gen 36:19These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.

Gen 36:20

Gen 36:20These are the sons of Se'ir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zib'eon, Anah,

Gen 36:21

Gen 36:21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Se'ir in the land of Edom.

Gen 36:22

Gen 36:22The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman; and Lotan's sister was Timna.

Gen 36:23

Gen 36:23These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Man'ahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

Gen 36:24

Gen 36:24These are the sons of Zib'eon: A'iah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the asses of Zib'eon his father.

Gen 36:25

Gen 36:25These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholiba'mah the daughter of Anah.

Gen 36:26

Gen 36:26These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

Gen 36:27

Gen 36:27These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Za'avan, and Akan.

Gen 36:28

Gen 36:28These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

Gen 36:29

Gen 36:29These are the chiefs of the Horites: the chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zib'eon, Anah,

Gen 36:30

Gen 36:30Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their clans in the land of Se'ir.

Gen 36:31

Gen 36:31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites.

Gen 36:32

Gen 36:32Bela the son of Be'or reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Din'habah.

Gen 36:33

Gen 36:33Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

Gen 36:34

Gen 36:34Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Te'manites reigned in his stead.

Gen 36:35

Gen 36:35Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Mid'ian in the country of Moab, reigned in his stead, the name of his city being Avith.

Gen 36:36

Gen 36:36Hadad died, and Samlah of Masre'kah reigned in his stead.

Gen 36:37

Gen 36:37Samlah died, and Shaul of Reho'both on the Euphra'tes reigned in his stead.

Gen 36:38

Gen 36:38Shaul died, and Ba'al-ha'nan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

Gen 36:39

Gen 36:39Ba'al-ha'nan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead, the name of his city being Pau; his wife's name was Mehet'abel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Me'zahab.

Gen 36:40

Gen 36:40These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families and their dwelling places, by their names: the chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

Gen 36:41

Gen 36:41Oholiba'mah, Elah, Pinon,

Gen 36:42

Gen 36:42Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

Gen 36:43

Gen 36:43Mag'diel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of Edom), according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession.

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Genesis 36 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Esau Moves

Descendants of Esau

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