# Genesis 36

> Lumin Translation

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1. This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).
2. Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
3. and Basemath the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
4. Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel.
5. Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
6. Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his animals, and all the property he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and he went to a land away from his brother Jacob.
7. 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.
8. So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
9. This is the account of Esau, the father of 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, and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
11. The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
12. Timna was a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.
13. These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.
14. These were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon: she bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah to Esau.
15. These were the chiefs among Esau’s descendants. The sons of Eliphaz, Esau’s firstborn: Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz,
16. Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; they were the descendants of Adah.
17. These were the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom; they were the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.
18. These were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chief Jeush, Chief Jalam, and Chief Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
19. These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.
20. These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
21. Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.
22. The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam, and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
23. These were the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24. These were the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness while he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.
25. These were the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26. These were the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
27. These were the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
28. These were the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
29. These were the chiefs of the Horites: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobal, Chief Zibeon, Chief Anah,
30. Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, clan by clan, in the land of Seir.
31. These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites.
32. Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33. When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
34. When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
35. When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith.
36. When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.
37. When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the River reigned in his place.
38. When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.
39. When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
40. These are the names of the chiefs descended from Esau, by their clans and their places, name by name: Chief Timna, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth,
41. Chief Oholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon,
42. Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar,
43. Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

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