People’s Open Bible
Genesis 36
Esau's Descendants in Seir Land
Open in the reader →1These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
2Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite.
3and Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth.
4Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel.
5And Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
6And Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the persons of his household, along with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions that he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to a land because of his brother Jacob.
7For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their sojourning could not support them because of their livestock.
8So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.
9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, in the hill country of Seir.
10These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Adah, Esau’s wife; Reuel son of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
11And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
12Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.
13And these were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
14And these were the sons of Oholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
15These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz, Esau’s firstborn: Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz.
16Chief Korah, chief Gaatham, chief Amalek—these are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
17And these are the sons of Reuel, the son of Esau: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
18And these were the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These were the chiefs of Oholibamah daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
19These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs. He is Edom.
20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, and Anah.
21and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.
22The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam, and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
23These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who found the yemim in the wilderness while he was pasturing the donkeys for Zibeon his father.
25And these were the sons of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.
26And these were the sons of Dishan: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.
27These are the sons of Etser: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
28These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
29These are the chiefs of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah.
30Chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan—these were the chiefs of the Horites according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the sons of Israel.
32Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33Bela died, and Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
34And Jobab died, and Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
35And Husham died, and Hadad son of Bedad reigned in his place, who struck Midian in the field of Moab; and the name of his city was Avith.
36And Hadad died, and Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.
37Then Samlah died, and Shaul from Rehoboth on the River reigned in his place.
38And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan son of Akbor reigned in his place.
39Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pau, and the name of his wife was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-zahab.
40And these are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their clans, according to their places, by their names: Chief Timna, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth.
41Chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon.
42chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar.
43Chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom according to their settlements in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of Edom.
Composed from original Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Ge’ez manuscripts, rendered in multiple passes to stay as close to the originals as possible. About this project