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These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his cattle, all his livestock, and all the property he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and he moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>For their possessions were too great for them to live together; the land where they were staying could not support them because of their livestock. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>These are the descendants of Esau, ancestor of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Adah the wife of Esau; Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>(Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.) These were the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Esau’s wife, Basemath. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>These were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah son<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1055b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> of Zibeon: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Clans and Kings of Edom</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>These are the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1056c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1056d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1057e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Adah. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1058f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span> Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1058g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>]</span> of Reuel in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1059h" title="See footnote h">h</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote h">h</a>]</span> Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1059i" title="See footnote i">i</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote i">i</a>]</span> born of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their clans.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1060j" title="See footnote j">j</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote j">j</a>]</span></span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1062k" title="See footnote k">k</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote k">k</a>]</span> of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman; and Lotan’s sister was Timna. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the springs<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1065l" title="See footnote l">l</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote l">l</a>]</span> in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of his father Zibeon. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>These are the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1070m" title="See footnote m">m</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote m">m</a>]</span> of the Horites: the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1070n" title="See footnote n">n</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote n">n</a>]</span> Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1071o" title="See footnote o">o</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote o">o</a>]</span> of the Horites, clan by clan<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1071p" title="See footnote p">p</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote p">p</a>]</span> in the land of Seir.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Dinhabah. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>Bela died, and Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah succeeded him as king. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">35</span>Husham died, and Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king, the name of his city being Avith. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">36</span>Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah succeeded him as king. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">37</span>Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates succeeded him as king. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">38</span>Shaul died, and Baal-hanan son of Achbor succeeded him as king. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">39</span>Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, and Hadar succeeded him as king, the name of his city being Pau; his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-zahab.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">40</span>These are the names of the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1081q" title="See footnote q">q</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote q">q</a>]</span> of Esau, according to their families and their localities by their names: the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1081r" title="See footnote r">r</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote r">r</a>]</span> Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">41</span>Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">42</span>Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">43</span>Magdiel, and Iram; these are the clans<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1084s" title="See footnote s">s</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote s">s</a>]</span> of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of Edom), according to their settlements in the land that they held.</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:2">Genesis 36:2</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Sam Gk Syr: Heb <i>daughter</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:14">Genesis 36:14</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Syr: Heb <i>daughter</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:15">Genesis 36:15</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:15">Genesis 36:15</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:16">Genesis 36:16</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:17">Genesis 36:17</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:17">Genesis 36:17</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:18">Genesis 36:18</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:18">Genesis 36:18</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:19">Genesis 36:19</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:21">Genesis 36:21</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:24">Genesis 36:24</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Meaning of Heb uncertain</span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:29">Genesis 36:29</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:29">Genesis 36:29</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:30">Genesis 36:30</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:30">Genesis 36:30</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chief by chief</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:40">Genesis 36:40</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:40">Genesis 36:40</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 36:43">Genesis 36:43</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>chiefs</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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