Genesis 36
Genesis 36:1 This is the history of Esau (also known as Edom).
Genesis 36:2 Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
Genesis 36:3 and Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth.
Genesis 36:4 And Adah gave birth to Eliphaz for Esau; Basemath gave birth to Reuel;
Genesis 36:5 and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were given birth to for him in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 36:6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the throats in his household, his livestock, all his living things, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land some distance from his brother Jacob.
Genesis 36:7 This was because their property was too much for them to live together. The land of their wandering could not support them because of their livestock.
Genesis 36:8 So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is Edom.)
Genesis 36:9 This is the history of Esau, the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.
Genesis 36:10 These are the names of the sons of Esau: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.
Genesis 36:11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
Genesis 36:12 (Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she gave birth to Amalek for Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.
Genesis 36:13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Sham-mah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
Genesis 36:14 These are the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah for Esau.
Genesis 36:15 These are the leaders of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the leaders Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
Genesis 36:16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the leaders of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
Genesis 36:17 These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: the leaders Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the leaders of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
Genesis 36:18 These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: the leaders Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the leaders born of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
Genesis 36:19 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their leaders.
Genesis 36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
Genesis 36:21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the leaders of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.
Genesis 36:22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
Genesis 36:23 These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
Genesis 36:24 These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the open country, as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
Genesis 36:25 These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.
Genesis 36:26 These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
Genesis 36:27 These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
Genesis 36:28 These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
Genesis 36:29 These are the leaders of the Horites: the leaders Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
Genesis 36:30 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the leaders of the Horites, leader by leader in the land of Seir.
Genesis 36:31 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites.
Genesis 36:32 Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Dinhabah.
Genesis 36:33 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
Genesis 36:34 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
Genesis 36:35 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith.
Genesis 36:36 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
Genesis 36:37 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
Genesis 36:38 Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
Genesis 36:39 Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place, the name of his city being Pau; his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.
Genesis 36:40 These are the names of the leaders of Esau, according to their clans and their dwelling places, by their names: the leaders Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
Genesis 36:41 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
Genesis 36:42 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
Genesis 36:43 Magdiel, and Iram; these are the leaders of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of Edom), according to the places where they lived in the land of their possession.
Genesis 36 quotes:
“Genesis 36:12 tells us of the origin of Amalek. Later in Israel’s history, the Amalekites would be among the most bitter foes of the Jews (Exodus 17:8-16). The nation would earn the Lord’s special condemnation, as seen in his command to Saul in 1 Samuel 15:1-3. Haman, a bitter persecutor of Israel described in the book of Esther, was also a descendant of these enemies, the Amalekites (Esther 3:1).”
Flint, V. Paul. Strangers & Pilgrims: A Study of Genesis. 1st ed., Loizeaux Bros, 1988. p. 204.
“The names in the chapter are tied to people off the line of the patriarchs and, with the exceptions of Sodom, Gomorrah, Zoar, and Kadesh, do not occur elsewhere as references for patriarchal travel. Finally, seven places are mentioned in the Edomite genealogical segment of Genesis 36:3 1-39. 3 Three of these are introduced by the formula “the name of his city was …” and thus locate seats of Edomite authority in Seir. The three cities fit in a broad pattern created by the major place references in the narratives and hence are of greater interest than most of the other minor designations in Genesis.”
Prewitt, Terry J. The Elusive Covenant: A Structural-Semiotic Reading of Genesis. Indiana University Press, 1990. p. 37.
“Further study is needed in order to understand better the social function of the placement of women’s names in the Genesis 36 genealogy. The appearance of these names in this genealogy suggests the importance of women and marriage for analyzing the formation of kinship groupings.”
Steinberg, Naomi A. Kinship and Marriage in Genesis : A Household Economics Perspective. Fortress Press, 1993. p. 118.
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