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Genesis 36 — BBE

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36Verse 1Now these are the generations of Esau, that is to say, Edom.Verse 2Esau's wives were women of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,Verse 3And Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.Verse 4Adah had a son Eliphaz; and Basemath was the mother of Reuel;Verse 5Oholibamah was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the sons of Esau, whose birth took place in the land of Canaan.Verse 6Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his beasts and his cattle and all his goods which he had got together in the land of Canaan, and went into the land of Seir, away from his brother Jacob.Verse 7For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.Verse 8So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).Verse 9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites in the hill-country of Seir:Verse 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.Verse 11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.Verse 12And Eliphaz, the son of Esau, had connection with a woman named Timna, who gave birth to Amalek: all these were the children of Esau's wife Adah.Verse 13And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: they were the children of Esau's wife Basemath.Verse 14And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon: she was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.Verse 15These were the chiefs among the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz, Esau's first son: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,Verse 16Korah, Gatam, Amalek: all these were chiefs in the land of Edom, the offspring of Eliphaz, the seed of Adah.Verse 17And these are the sons of Esau's son Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah: these were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom, the children of Esau's wife Basemath.Verse 18And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah: these were the chiefs who came from Esau's wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.Verse 19These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.Verse 20These are the sons of Seir the Horite who were living in that country; Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,Verse 21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan: these are the chiefs of the Horites, offspring of Seir in the land of Edom.Verse 22The children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; Lotan's sister was Timna.Verse 23And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.Verse 24And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; that same Anah who made the discovery of the water-springs in the waste land, when he was looking after the asses of his father Zibeon.Verse 25And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah his daughter.Verse 26These are the children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.Verse 27These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.Verse 28These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran.Verse 29These were the Horite chiefs: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,Verse 30Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. Such were the Horite chiefs in their order in the land of Seir.Verse 31And these are the kings who were ruling in the land of Edom before there was any king over the children of Israel.Verse 32Bela, son of Beor, was king in Edom, and the name of his chief town was Dinhabah.Verse 33At his death, Jobab, son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.Verse 34And at the death of Jobab, Husham, from the country of the Temanites, became king in his place.Verse 35And at the death of Husham, Hadad, son of Bedad, who overcame the Midianites in the field of Moab, became king; his chief town was named Avith.Verse 36And at the death of Hadad, Samlah of Masrekah became king.Verse 37And at the death of Samlah, Shaul of Rehoboth by the River became king in his place.Verse 38And at the death of Shaul, Baal-hanan, son of Achbor, became king.Verse 39And at the death of Baal-hanan, Hadar became king in his place; his chief town was named Pau, and his wife's name was Mehetabel; she was the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.Verse 40These are the names of the chiefs of Esau in the order of their families and their places: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,Verse 41Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,Verse 42Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,Verse 43Magdiel, Iram; these are the Edomite chiefs, in their places in their heritage; this is Esau, the father of the Edomites.
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