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The Generations of Esau

¹ Now these are the generations of ^(C1)Esau (that is, Edom).

² Esau ^(C1)took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and ^(C2)Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and the ^(C3)granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite;³ also Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.⁴ And Adah bore ^(C1)Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel,⁵ and Oholibamah bore Jeush and Jalam and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

^6 (C1)Then Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and all ^(F1)his household, and his livestock and all his cattle and all his acquired goods, which he had accumulated in the land of Canaan, and he went to a land away from his brother Jacob.^7 (C1)For their possessions had become too great for them to ^(F1)live together, and the ^(C2)land where they ^(C3)sojourned could not sustain them because of their livestock.⁸ So Esau lived in the hill country of ^(C1)Seir; Esau is ^(C2)Edom.

⁹ These then are the generations of Esau the father of ^(F1)the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.¹⁰ These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Esau's wife Adah, Reuel the son of Esau's wife Basemath.¹¹ The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, ^(F1)Zepho and Gatam and Kenaz.¹² Timna was a concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz, and she bore ^(C1)Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Esau's wife Adah.¹³ These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.¹⁴ These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and the ^(F1)granddaughter of Zibeon: ^(F2)she bore to Esau, Jeush and Jalam and Korah.

¹⁵ These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau, are chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,¹⁶ chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs ^(F1)descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.¹⁷ These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs ^(F1)descended from Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.¹⁸ These are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These are the chiefs ^(F1)descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.¹⁹ These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.

²⁰ These are the sons of Seir ^(C1)the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,²¹ and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. These are the chiefs ^(F1)descended from the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.²² The sons of Lotan were Hori and ^(F1)Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.²³ These are the sons of Shobal: ^(F1)Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, ^(F2)Shepho and Onam.²⁴ These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah—he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness when he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.²⁵ These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.²⁶ These are the sons of ^(F1)(C1)Dishon: ^(F2)Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.²⁷ These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and ^(F1)Akan.²⁸ These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.²⁹ These are the chiefs of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,³⁰ chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These are the chiefs ^(F1)descended from the Horites, according to their various chiefs in the land of Seir.

³¹ Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any ^(C1)king of the sons of Israel reigned.^32 (C1)And Bela the son of Beor became king in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.³³ Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place.³⁴ Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place.³⁵ Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck down Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.³⁶ Then Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.³⁷ Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the ^(F1)River became king in his place.³⁸ Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place.³⁹ Then Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and ^(F1)Hadar became king in his place; and the name of his city was ^(F2)Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

⁴⁰ Now these are the names of the chiefs ^(F1)descended from Esau, according to their families and their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief ^(F2)Alvah, chief Jetheth,⁴¹ chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,⁴² chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,⁴³ chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of ^(F1)the Edomites), according to their places of habitation in the land of their possession.