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Texts -- Genesis 36:1-38 (NET)

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The Descendants of Esau
36:1 What follows is the account of Esau (also known as Edom ). 36:2 Esau took his wives from the Canaanites : Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite , and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite , 36:3 in addition to Basemath the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth . 36:4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau , Basemath bore Reuel , 36:5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush , Jalam , and Korah . These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan . 36:6 Esau took his wives , his sons , his daughters , all the people in his household , his livestock , his animals , and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan and went to a land some distance away from Jacob his brother 36:7 because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled was not able to support them because of their livestock . 36:8 So Esau (also known as Edom ) lived in the hill country of Seir . 36:9 This is the account of Esau , the father of the Edomites , in the hill country of Seir . 36:10 These were 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 , Zepho , Gatam , and Kenaz . 36:12 Timna , a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz , bore Amalek to Eliphaz . These were the sons of Esau’s wife Adah . 36:13 These were the sons of Reuel : Nahath , Zerah , Shammah , and Mizzah . These were the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath . 36:14 These were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon : She bore Jeush , Jalam , and Korah to Esau . 36:15 These were the chiefs among the descendants of Esau , the sons of Eliphaz , Esau’s firstborn : chief Teman , chief Omar , chief Zepho , chief Kenaz , 36:16 chief Korah , chief Gatam , chief Amalek . These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom ; these were the sons of Adah . 36:17 These were the sons of Esau’s son Reuel : chief Nahath , chief Zerah , chief Shammah , chief Mizzah . These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom ; these were the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath . 36:18 These were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah : chief Jeush , chief Jalam , chief Korah . These were the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah , the daughter of Anah . 36:19 These were the sons of Esau (also known as Edom ), and these were their chiefs . 36:20 These were the sons of Seir the Horite , who were living in the land : Lotan , Shobal , Zibeon , Anah , 36:21 Dishon , Ezer , and Dishan . These were the chiefs of the Horites , the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom . 36:22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Homam ; Lotan’s sister was Timna . 36:23 These were the sons of Shobal : Alvan , Manahath , Ebal , Shepho , and Onam . 36:24 These were the sons of Zibeon : Aiah and Anah (who discovered the hot springs in the wilderness as he pastured the donkeys of his father Zibeon ). 36:25 These were the children of Anah : Dishon and Oholibamah , the daughter of Anah . 36:26 These were the sons of Dishon : Hemdan , Eshban , Ithran , and Keran . 36:27 These were the sons of Ezer : Bilhan , Zaavan , and Akan . 36:28 These were the sons of Dishan : Uz and Aran . 36:29 These were the chiefs of the Horites : chief Lotan , chief Shobal , chief Zibeon , chief Anah , 36:30 chief Dishon , chief Ezer , chief Dishan . These were the chiefs of the Horites , according to their chief lists in the land of Seir . 36:31 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites : 36:32 Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom ; the name of his city was Dinhabah . 36:33 When Bela died , Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place . 36:34 When Jobab died , Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place . 36:35 When Husham died , Hadad the son of Bedad , who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab , reigned in his place ; the name of his city was Avith . 36:36 When Hadad died , Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place . 36:37 When Samlah died , Shaul from Rehoboth by the River reigned in his place . 36:38 When Shaul died , Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place .

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