Genesis 36:1-30

Evangelical Heritage Version

Esau’s Descendants

36 Now this is the account about the descendants of Esau (that is, Edom): ² Esau took Canaanite women as his wives. They were Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite. ³ He also married Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.

⁴ Adah gave birth to Eliphaz for Esau.

Basemath gave birth to Reuel.

⁵ Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

⁶ Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, along with his livestock, all his animals, and all the possessions that he had accumulated in the land of Canaan, and he went into another land, away from his brother Jacob. ⁷ Their herds were too large for them to stay together, and the land where they had settled could not support both of them because of their livestock. ⁸ So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is another name for Edom.)

⁹ This is the account about the descendants of Esau, who was the founding father of Edom in the hill country of Seir:

¹⁰ The following are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

¹¹ The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. ¹² Timna was the concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, and she gave birth to Amalek for Eliphaz. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

¹³ The following are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

¹⁴ The following were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the granddaughter of Zibeon. She gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah for Esau.

The Chiefs of the Clans of Edom

¹⁵ The following are the chiefs of the clans of the descendants of Esau:

From the descendants of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau they were Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, ¹⁶ Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These are the chiefs who descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the descendants of Adah.

¹⁷ The following are the descendants of Esau’s son Reuel: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs who descended from Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.

¹⁸ The following are the descendants of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chief Jeush, Chief Jalam, and Chief Korah. These are the chiefs who came from Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah. ¹⁹ These are the descendants of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.

Other People of Edom

²⁰ The following are the sons of Seir the Horite, who lived in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ²¹ Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who descended from the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.

²² The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan’s sister was Timna.

²³ The following are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

²⁴ The following are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs in the wilderness as he was feeding the donkeys of Zibeon his father.

²⁵ The following are the descendants of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

²⁶ The following are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

²⁷ The following are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Za’avan, and Akan.

²⁸ The following are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

²⁹ The following are the chiefs who descended from the Horites: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobal, Chief Zibeon, Chief Anah, ³⁰ Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishan. These are the chiefs who came from the Horites, according to their chiefdoms in the land of Seir.