UST GEN Chapter 36

Esau’s Descendants

36:1-19

1 Chronicles 1:34-54

36 Here is a record about the descendants of Esau, whose name was also Edom. 2 Esau had married two Canaanite women. Their names were Adah, who was the daughter of a Hittite man named Elon, and Oholibamah, whose father was Anah and whose grandfather was a Hivite named Zibeon. 3 Esau also married Basemath, who was Ishmael’s daughter and Nebaioth’s sister.

4 Adah had a son with Esau whom they named Eliphaz, while Basemath had a son named Reuel. 5 Oholibamah had sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All those were Esau’s sons whom he and his wives had while they lived in the region of Canaan.

6 Later Esau moved away from his brother Jacob. He took with him his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the other members of his household, as well as his livestock and all the rest of his animals and all the other belongings that he had gotten in the region of Canaan. 7 The reason he moved away is that he and Jacob both owned so many animals that they could not live together in the same area. The land where they were staying was just not big enough to support them both because they had so many livestock. 8 That is how Esau and his family ended up living in the Seir Mountains. That is the record about Esau, that is, Edom.

9 Here is a more detailed record of the descendants of Esau, who was the ancestor of the Edomites who live in the Seir Mountains. 10 Two of Esau’s sons were Eliphaz, whom he had with his wife Adah, and Reuel, whom he had with his wife Basemath. 11 Eliphaz and his wife had sons they named Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 Eliphaz and his servant-wife Timna had a son they named Amalek. Eliphaz’s sons were all grandsons of Esau and his wife Adah.

13 Reuel’s sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They were the grandsons of Esau and his wife Basemath.

14 Esau and his wife Oholibamah had sons whom they named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. Oholibamah was the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon.

15 Here is a record of the descendants of Esau who became clan leaders: The sons of his firstborn son Eliphaz who became clan leaders were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, 16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They were the clan leaders who descended from Eliphaz and lived in the land of Edom. They were all grandsons of Adah and Esau.

17 The sons of Esau’s son Reuel who became clan leaders were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They were the clan leaders who descended from Reuel and lived in the land of Edom. They were all grandsons of Esau and his wife Basemath.

18 The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah who became clan leaders were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. They were the clan leaders who descended from Esau and his wife Oholibamah, who was Anah’s daughter.

19 All those clan leaders were the descendants of Esau, that is, Edom, and each one led his own family group.

Seir’s Descendants

36:20-30

20 Here is a record of the descendants of Seir the Horite who were also living in that land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They were the descendants of Seir who became clan leaders over the Horites in the land of Edom.

22 Lotan’s sons were Hori and Hemam, and his sister was Timna.

23 Shobal’s sons were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

24 Zibeon’s sons were Aiah and Anah. This is the same Anah who discovered some hot springs while he was out in the desert grazing his father’s donkeys. 25 Anah’s children were his son Dishon and his daughter Oholibamah. 26 Dishon’s sons were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

27 Ezer’s sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

28 Dishan’s sons were Uz and Aran.

29 The Horites who became clan leaders were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 30 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. Those were the Horite clan leaders. They led their own family groups and lived in the land of Seir.

The Rulers over the Land of Edom

36:31-43

1 Chronicles 1:43-54

31 Here is a record of the kings who ruled over the people of the land of Edom before the Israelites had their own king. 32 Bela, who was the son of Beor, was the first king to rule over the people of the land of Edom. The name of his hometown that he ruled from was Dinhabah. 33 When King Bela died, Jobab, who was the son of Zerah, replaced him as king and ruled from his hometown of Bozrah. 34 When King Jobab died, Husham replaced him as king and ruled from his hometown, which was in the land where the Temanites lived. 35 When King Husham died, Hadad, who was the son of Bedad, replaced him as king. King Hadad is the one who defeated the Midianites in battle in the land of Moab. The name of his hometown that he ruled from was Avith. 36 When King Hadad died, Samlah replaced him as king and ruled from his hometown of Masrekah. 37 When King Samlah died, Shaul replaced him as king and ruled from his hometown of Rehoboth beside the Euphrates River. 38 When King Shaul died, Baal-Hanan, who was the son of Acbor, replaced him as king. 39 When King Baal-Hanan died, Hadar replaced him as king, and the name of his hometown that he ruled from was Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel, who was the daughter of Matred and the granddaughter of Me-Zahab.

40 Here are the names of more of the clan leaders who descended from Esau; each clan leader led his own family group and ruled his own region that was named after him: Timna, Alvan, Jetheth, 41 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 42 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 43 Magdiel, and Iram. All of those were clan leaders over the Edomites; they all led their own settlements in the land that they controlled. This concludes the record about Esau, who was the ancestor of all the Edomites.