36:1 Now these are the records of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
36:2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the ①granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
▷ ①Lit daughter; LXX son (referring to Anah)
36:3 also Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.
36:4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath gave birth to Reuel,
36:5 and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
36:6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all ①his household, and his livestock and all his cattle, and all his property which he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to another land away from his brother Jacob.
▷ ①Lit the souls of his house
36:7 For their possessions had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they resided could not support them because of their livestock.
36:8 So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.
36:9 These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of ①the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.
▷ ①Lit Edom
36:10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
36:11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, ①Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
▷ ①In 1 Chr 1:36, Zephi
36:12 Timna was a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Esau’s wife Adah.
36:13 And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
36:14 And these were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the ①granddaughter of Zibeon: ②she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
▷ ①See note v 2 ②Lit and she
36:15 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau, are chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,
36:16 chief Korah, chief Gatam, and chief Amalek. These are the chiefs ①descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
▷ ①Lit of Eliphaz
36:17 And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, and chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs ①descended from Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
▷ ①Lit of Reuel
36:18 And these are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, and chief Korah. These are the chiefs ①descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
▷ ①Lit of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife
36:19 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.
36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
36:21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs ①descended from the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.
▷ ①Lit of the Horites
36:22 And the sons of Lotan were Hori and ①Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
▷ ①In 1 Chr 1:39, Homam
36:23 And these are the sons of Shobal: ①Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, ②Shepho, and Onam.
▷ ①In 1 Chr 1:40, Alian ②In 1 Chr 1:40, Shephi
36:24 And these are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah—he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness when he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.
36:25 And these are the children of Anah: Dishon, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
36:26 And these are the sons of ①Dishon: ②Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
▷ ①Heb Dishan ②In 1 Chr 1:41, Hamran
36:27 These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and ①Akan.
▷ ①In 1 Chr 1:42, Jaakan
36:28 These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
36:29 These are the chiefs ①descended from the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,
▷ ①Lit of the Horites
36:30 chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan. These are the chiefs ①descended from the Horites, according to their various chiefs in the land of Seir.
▷ ①Lit of the Horites
36:31 Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel.
36:32 ①Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
▷ ①Lit And Bela
36:33 Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place.
36:34 Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place.
36:35 Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who ①defeated Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.
▷ ①Or struck
36:36 Then Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.
36:37 Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates River became king in his place.
36:38 Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place.
36:39 Then Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and ①Hadar became king in his place; and the name of his city was ②Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.
▷ ①In 1 Chr 1:50, Hadad ②In 1 Chr 1:50, Pai
36:40 Now these are the names of the chiefs ①descended from Esau, according to their families and their localities, by their names: chief Timna, chief ②Alvah, chief Jetheth,
▷ ①Lit of Esau ②In 1 Chr 1:51, Aliah
36:41 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
36:42 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
36:43 chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of ①the Edomites), according to their settlements in the land of their possession.
▷ ①Heb Edom