What follows is the account of Esau (also known as Edom).

This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.