Genesis 36

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Esau’s Descendants^(A)^(B)

36 This is the account^(C) of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).^(D)

²Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan:^(E) Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite,^(F) and Oholibamah^(G) daughter of Anah^(H) and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite^(I)— ³also Basemath^(J) daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.^(K)

⁴Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,^(L) ⁵and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah.^(M) These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.

⁶Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan,^(N) and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob.^(O) ⁷Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.^(P) ⁸So Esau^(Q) (that is, Edom)^(R) settled in the hill country of Seir.^(S)

⁹This is the account^(T) of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites^(U) in the hill country of Seir.

¹⁰These are the names of Esau’s sons:

Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.^(V)

¹¹The sons of Eliphaz:^(W)

Teman,^(X) Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.^(Y)

¹²Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a concubine^(Z) named Timna, who bore him Amalek.^(AA) These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.^(AB)

¹³The sons of Reuel:

Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.^(AC)

¹⁴The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah^(AD) daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau:

Jeush, Jalam and Korah.^(AE)

¹⁵These were the chiefs^(AF) among Esau’s descendants:

The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau:

Chiefs Teman,^(AG) Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,^(AH) ¹⁶Korah,^[a] Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz^(AI) in Edom;^(AJ) they were grandsons of Adah.^(AK)

¹⁷The sons of Esau’s son Reuel:^(AL)

Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.^(AM)

¹⁸The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah:^(AN)

Chiefs Jeush, Jalam and Korah.^(AO) These were the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

¹⁹These were the sons of Esau^(AP) (that is, Edom),^(AQ) and these were their chiefs.^(AR)

²⁰These were the sons of Seir the Horite,^(AS) who were living in the region:

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,^(AT) ²¹Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.^(AU)

²²The sons of Lotan:

Hori and Homam.^[b] Timna was Lotan’s sister.

²³The sons of Shobal:

Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

²⁴The sons of Zibeon:^(AV)

Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs^[c]^(AW) in the desert while he was grazing the donkeys^(AX) of his father Zibeon.

²⁵The children of Anah:^(AY)

Dishon and Oholibamah^(AZ) daughter of Anah.

²⁶The sons of Dishon^[d]:

Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.

²⁷The sons of Ezer:

Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.

²⁸The sons of Dishan:

Uz and Aran.

²⁹These were the Horite chiefs:

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,^(BA) ³⁰Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs,^(BB) according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.

The Rulers of Edom^(BC)

³¹These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king^(BD) reigned:

³²Bela son of Beor became king of Edom. His city was named Dinhabah.

³³When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah^(BE) succeeded him as king.

³⁴When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites^(BF) succeeded him as king.

³⁵When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian^(BG) in the country of Moab,^(BH) succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.

³⁶When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.

³⁷When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth^(BI) on the river succeeded him as king.

³⁸When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.

³⁹When Baal-Hanan son of Akbor died, Hadad^[e] succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.

⁴⁰These were the chiefs^(BJ) descended from Esau, by name, according to their clans and regions:

Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ⁴¹Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁴²Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁴³Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they occupied.

This is the family line of Esau, the father of the Edomites.^(BK)

Footnotes

Genesis 36:16 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not have Korah.
Genesis 36:22 Hebrew Hemam, a variant of Homam (see 1 Chron. 1:39)
Genesis 36:24 Vulgate; Syriac discovered water; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Genesis 36:26 Hebrew Dishan, a variant of Dishon
Genesis 36:39 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 1:50); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Hadar

Mark 12:18-34

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Marriage at the Resurrection^(A)

¹⁸Then the Sadducees,^(B) who say there is no resurrection,^(C) came to him with a question. ¹⁹“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.^(D) ²⁰Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children. ²¹The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third. ²²In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too. ²³At the resurrection^[a] whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”

²⁴Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures^(E) or the power of God? ²⁵When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.^(F) ²⁶Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’^[b]?^(G) ²⁷He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

The Greatest Commandment^(H)

²⁸One of the teachers of the law^(I) came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

²⁹“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.^[c] ³⁰Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’^[d]^(J) ³¹The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[e]^(K) There is no commandment greater than these.”

³²“Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.^(L) ³³To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”^(M)

³⁴When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”^(N) And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.^(O)

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