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HOLY BIBLE
BOOK OF GENESIS
GENESIS 36
1Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
2Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon the Hivite,
3And Ishmael's daughter Basemath, sister of Nebaioth.
4Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau; and Basemath bore Reuel;
5And Aholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
6And Esau took his wives, and his sons and daughters, and all the people of his house, his cattle, all his livestock, and all of his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and went to another land because of his brother Jacob.
7For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were staying could not support them because of their livestock.
8So Esau dwelt in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.
10These were the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau's wife Adah; and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife Bashemath.
11And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
12Now Timna was the concubine of Esau's son, Eliphaz; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Esau's wife Adah.
13And these were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.
14These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
15These were the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn son of Esau, were Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz,
16Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These were the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They were the sons of Adah.
17And these were the sons of Esau's son Reuel: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom. These were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.
18And these were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: Chief Jeush, Chief Jalam, and Chief Korah. These were the chiefs of Esau's wife, Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
19Those were the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and those were their chiefs.
20These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.
22And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman; Lotan's sister was Timna.
23And the sons of Shobal were these: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24These were the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; this was that Anah that found water in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of his father Zibeon.
25And these were the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
26And these were the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
27These were the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
28These were the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
29These were the chiefs of the Horites: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobal, Chief Zibeon, Chief Anah,
30Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
31And these were the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before any king ruled over the children of Israel.
32Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
34When Jobab died, Husham from the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
35When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead. And the name of his city was Avith.
36When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his stead.
38When Shaul died, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39When Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, Hadar reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
40And these were the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, according to their places, by their names; Chief Timnah, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth,
41Chief Oholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon,
42Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar,
43Chief Magdiel, Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession. This was Esau, the father of the Edomites.
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