Genesis Chapter 36

Genesis 36 — English translation

Translation: THE JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition. Verse numbers match the Hebrew text below.

1. 1This is the line of Esau—that is, Edom.
2. 2Esau took his wives from among the Canaanite women—Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah daughter of Zibeon the Hivite—
3. 3and also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
4. 4Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel;
5. 5and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. Those were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
6. 6Esau took his wives, his sons and daughters, and all the members of his household, his cattle and all his livestock, and all the property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to another land because of his brother Jacob.
7. 7For their possessions were too many for them to dwell together, and the land where they sojourned could not support them because of their livestock.
8. 8So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir—Esau being Edom.
9. 9This, then, is the line of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.
10. 10These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah; Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
11. 11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
12. 12Timna was a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. Those were the descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.
13. 13And these were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. Those were the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.
14. 14And these were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah daughter of Zibeon: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
15. 15These are the clans of the sons of Esau. The descendants of Esau’s first-born Eliphaz: the clans Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
16. 16Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the clans of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. Those are the descendants of Adah.
17. 17And these are the descendants of Esau’s son Reuel: the clans Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the clans of Reuel in the land of Edom. Those are the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.
18. 18And these are the descendants of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: the clans Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the clans of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
19. 19Those were the sons of Esau—that is, Edom—and those are their clans.
20. 20These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were settled in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
21. 21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. Those are the clans of the Horites, the descendants of Seir, in the land of Edom.
22. 22The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
23. 23The sons of Shobal were these: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24. 24The sons of Zibeon were these: Aiah and Anah—that was the Anah who discovered the hot springs uncertain. in the wilderness while pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.
25. 25The children of Anah were these: Dishon and Anah’s daughter Oholibamah.
26. 26The sons of Dishon; cf. vv. 21 , 25 , 28 , and 30 . were these: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
27. 27The sons of Ezer were these: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
28. 28And the sons of Dishan were these: Uz and Aran.
29. 29These are the clans of the Horites: the clans Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
30. 30Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. Those are the clans of the Horites, clan by clan, in the land of Seir.
31. 31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites.
32. 32Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33. 33When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah, from Bozrah, succeeded him as king.
34. 34When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.
35. 35When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated the Midianites in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king; the name of his city was Avith.
36. 36When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah succeeded him as king.
37. 37When Samlah died, Saul of Rehoboth-on-the-river succeeded him as king.
38. 38When Saul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor succeeded him as king.
39. 39And when Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadar succeeded him as king; the name of his city was Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred daughter of Me-zahab.
40. 40These are the names of the clans of Esau, each with its families and locality, name by name: the clans Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
41. 41Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
42. 42Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
43. 43Magdiel, and Iram. Those are the clans of Edom—that is, of Esau, father of the Edomites—by their settlements in the land that they hold.

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