Genesis 36

Esau’s descendants

1This is a list of the descendants of Esau. (Esau is also called Edom.) 2Esau took women from Canaan to be his wives. They were: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite 3and Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. 4Adah had a son called Eliphaz. Basemath had a son called Reuel. 5Oholibamah had 3 sons: Jeush, Jalam and Korah.

6Esau took his wives, sons and daughters and everyone in his household. Also, he took his animals and everything that he had got in Canaan. And he went to a land some miles from his brother Jacob. 7They both owned too much to stay together in the same place. There was not enough land for all their animals. 8So Esau (that is Edom) lived in the land of Seir.

9This is a list of the descendants of Esau. They lived in the hill country of Seir. All the Edomites are his descendants. 10These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah who was Esau’s wife. Reuel, the son of Basemath, who was Esau’s wife. 11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz. 12Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a concubine. Her name was Timna. She had a son called Amalek. These were the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah. 13The sons of Reuel were: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath. 14Esau’s wife Oholibamah was the daughter of Anah. And she was the granddaughter of Zibeon. Her sons were: Jeush, Jalam and Korah.

15These were his descendants who were head of their tribes: The sons of Eliphaz (who was the first born son of Esau): Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, 16Korah, Gatam and Amalek. These were the heads of their tribes who were descendants of Eliphaz in Edom. They were grandsons of Adah. 17The sons of Esau’s son Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the heads of their tribes who were descendants of Reuel in Edom. They were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath. 18The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah were Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the leaders of their tribes who were descendants of Esau’s wife Oholibamah. She was the daughter of Anah. 19These were the sons of Esau (that is Edom) and these were their leaders of their tribes.

20These were the sons of Seir the Horite. They lived in that place. They were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were leaders of the Horite tribes. 22The sons of Lotan were Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister. 23The sons of Shobal were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam. 24The sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah. This was the same Anah, who found the hot water in the desert. He found it when he took his father’s donkey to eat grass. His father’s name was Zibeon. 25The children of Anah were Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah. 26The sons of Dishon were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran. 27The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan. 28The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran. 29These were the leaders of the Horite tribes: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 30Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the leaders of the Horite tribes in the land of Seir.

31These kings ruled in Edom. This was before any Israelite king ruled in this land: 32Bela the son of Beor became king of Edom. He ruled a city called Dinhabah. 33When Bela died, Jobab, son of Zerah became king after him. 34When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites became king after him. 35When Husham died, Hadad, son of Bedad became king after him. Bedad beat Midian in the country of Moab. He ruled a city called Avith. 36When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah became king after him. 37When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river, became king after him. 38When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Acbor became king after him. 39When Baal-Hanan son of Acbor died, Hadar became king after him. He ruled over a city called Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.

40These were the leaders of their tribes. They were descendants of Esau: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 41Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 42Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 43Magdiel and Iram. These were the leaders of the tribes of Edom. They lived in different places in the land. These are the descendants of Esau. All the Edomites were his descendants.