Genesis 36:1-30

Common English Bible

Esau’s descendants

36 These are the descendants of Esau, that is, Edom. ²Esau married Canaanite women: Adah the daughter of the Hittite Elon; Oholibamah the daughter of Anah son of the Hittite Zibeon,^[a] ³and Basemath the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. ⁴Adah gave birth to Eliphaz for Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel, ⁵and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are Esau’s sons born to him in the land of Canaan.

⁶Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and everyone in his household, and his livestock, all of his animals, and all of the property he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and he moved away from the land of Canaan^[b] and from his brother Jacob. ⁷They had so many possessions that they couldn’t live together. The land where they lived as immigrants couldn’t support all of their livestock. ⁸So Esau, that is, Edom, lived in the mountains of Seir.

⁹These are the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of Edom, which lies in the mountains of Seir. ¹⁰These are the names of Edom’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath. ¹¹Eliphaz’s sons were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. ¹²Timna was the secondary wife of Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she gave birth to Amalek for Eliphaz. These are the sons of Esau’s wife Adah. ¹³These are Reuel’s sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath. ¹⁴These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, Zibeon’s son:^[c] she gave birth to Esau, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

¹⁵These are the tribal chiefs from Esau’s sons. The sons of Eliphaz, Esau’s oldest son: Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, ¹⁶Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These are the tribal chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; they are Adah’s sons. ¹⁷These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These are the tribal chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath. ¹⁸These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chief Jeush, Chief Jalam, and Chief Korah. They are the tribal chiefs of Esau’s wife Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. ¹⁹These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their tribal chiefs.

²⁰These are the sons of Seir, the Horite, who live in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ²¹Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the Horite tribal chiefs, Seir’s sons, in the land of Edom. ²²Lotan’s sons are Hori and Heman, and Lotan’s sister was Timna. ²³These are Shobal’s sons: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. ²⁴These are Zibeon’s sons: Aiah and Anah. Anah is the one who found water^[d] in the desert while pasturing his father Zibeon’s donkeys.

²⁵These are Anah’s children: Dishon and Anah’s daughter Oholibamah. ²⁶These are Dishon’s^[e] sons: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ²⁷These are Ezer’s sons: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. ²⁸These are Dishan’s sons: Uz and Aran. ²⁹These are the Horite tribal chiefs: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ³⁰Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the Horite tribal chiefs, listed according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.