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Text -- Genesis 36:1-39 (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 .
36:39 When Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died , Hadad reigned in his place ; the name of his city was Pau . His wife’s name was Mehetabel , the daughter of Matred , the daughter of Me-Zahab .
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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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NET Notes: Gen 36:20 The same pattern of sons, grandsons, and chiefs is now listed for Seir the Horite. “Seir” is both the name of the place and the name of th...
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NET Notes: Gen 36:22 Heb “Hemam”; this is probably a variant spelling of “Homam” (1 Chr 1:39); cf. NRSV, NLT “Heman.”
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NET Notes: Gen 36:24 The meaning of this Hebrew term is uncertain; Syriac reads “water” and Vulgate reads “hot water.”
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NET Notes: Gen 36:25 Heb “sons,” but since a daughter is included in the list, the word must be translated “children.”
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NET Notes: Gen 36:26 Heb “Dishan,” but this must be either a scribal error or variant spelling, since “Dishan” is mentioned in v. 28 (see also v. 2...
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NET Notes: Gen 36:37 Typically the Hebrew expression “the River” refers to the Euphrates River, but it is not certain whether that is the case here. Among the ...
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