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Text -- Genesis 36:1-16 (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 .
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NET Notes: Gen 36:1 Chapter 36 records what became of Esau. It will list both his actual descendants as well as the people he subsumed under his tribal leadership, people...
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NET Notes: Gen 36:9 The term father in genealogical records needs to be carefully defined. It can refer to a literal father, a grandfather, a political overlord, or a fou...
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