1 And these [are] the generations of Esau; this is Edom. 2 And Esau took to himself wives of the daughters of the Canaanites; Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, daughter of Anah the son of Zibeon, the Hivite; 3 and Basemath, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth. 4 And Adah bore to him Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel. 5 And Oholibamah bore Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah; these [are] the sons of Esau, which were born to him in the land of Canaan. 6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and all his possessions, and all his cattle, and all that he had gotten, and all things whatsoever he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and Esau went forth from the land of Canaan, from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojourning could not bear them, because of the abundance of their possessions. 8 And Esau dwelt in Mount Seir; Esau, he is Edom. 9 And these [are] the generations of Esau, the father of Edom in the Mount Seir. 10 And these [are] the names of the sons of Esau. Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, wife of Esau. 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau; and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These [are] the sons of Adah, the wife of Esau. 13 And these [are] the sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau. 14 And these [are] the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon, the wife of Esau; and she bore to Esau, Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. 15 These [are] the chiefs of the sons of Esau, [even] the sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau; chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, 16 chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These [are] the chiefs of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. 17 And these [are] the sons of Reuel, the son of Esau; chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These [are] the chiefs of Reuel, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau. 18 And these [are] the sons of Oholibamah, wife of Esau; chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These [are] the chiefs of Oholibamah, daughter of Anah, wife of Esau. 19 These [are] the sons of Esau, and these are the chiefs; these are the sons of Edom. 20 And these [are] the sons of Seir, the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21 and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. These [are] the chiefs of the Horite, the son of Seir, in the land of Edom. 22 And the sons of Lotan [were] Hori and Heman; and the sister of Lotan, Timna. 23 And these [are] the sons of Shobal; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, and Shepho, and Onam. 24 And these [are] the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah; this is the Anah who found Jamin in the wilderness, when he tended the beasts of his father Zibeon. 25 And these [are] the sons of Anah; Dishon—and Oholibamah [was] daughter of Anah. 26 And these [are] the sons of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 27 And these [are] the sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. 28 And these [are] the sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran. 29 And these [are] the chiefs of Hori; chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, 30 chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These [are] the chiefs of Hori, in their principalities in the land of Edom. 31 And these [are] the kings which reigned in Edom, before a king reigned in Israel. 32 And Bela, son of Beor, reigned in Edom; and the name of his city [was] Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died; and Jobab, son of Zerah, from Bozrah reigned in his stead. 34 And Jobab died; and Husham, from the land of the Temanites, reigned in his stead. 35 And Husham died; and Hadad son of Bedad, who cut off Midian in the plain of Moab, ruled in his stead; and the name of his city was Getthaim. 36 And Hadad died; and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 37 And Samlah died; and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 38 And Shaul died; and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died; and Hadar the son of Barad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pau; and the name of his wife was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, son of Mezahab. 40 These [are] the names of the chiefs of Esau, in their tribes, according to their place, in their countries, and in their nations; chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, 41 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, 42 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 43 chief Magdiel, chief Zaphoin. These are the chiefs of Edom in their dwelling places, in the land of their possession; this is Esau, the father of Edom.
Genesis · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Genesis 36 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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People
Achbor
Named only as the father of Baal-hanan, who reigned in Edom.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:38; 1 Chronicles 1:49
Adah
Daughter of Elon the Hittite, one of Esau's wives, who bore him Eliphaz.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:2; Genesis 36:4; Genesis 36:10
Aiah
Son of Zibeon and brother of Anah, grandson of Seir the Horite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:24; 1 Chronicles 1:40
Akan
One of the three sons of Ezer, grandson of Seir the Horite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42
Alvah
A chief of Edom named in the list of Esau's chiefs by their families and regions.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:40–43; 1 Chronicles 1:51–54
Alvan
One of the five sons of Shobal, grandson of Seir the Horite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:23; 1 Chronicles 1:40
Amalek
A son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau, ancestor of the Amalekites.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 36:12
Anah
Son of Seir and a chief of the Horites; Genesis 36:24-25 also names a different Anah, a son of Zibeon.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:20; Genesis 36:29; 1 Chronicles 1:38
Anah
Son of Zibeon, who found the hot springs (KJV: mules) in the wilderness while pasturing his father's donkeys, and father of Dishon and of Esau's wife Oholibamah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:2; Genesis 36:24–25; 1 Chronicles 1:40
Aran
One of the two sons of Dishan, grandson of Seir the Horite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:28; 1 Chronicles 1:42
Baal-hanan
Son of Achbor, who reigned in Edom after Shaul and before the second king named Hadad.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:38–39; 1 Chronicles 1:49; 1 Chronicles 1:50
Bedad
Named only as the father of Hadad, the king of Edom who defeated Midian in the country of Moab.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:35; 1 Chronicles 1:46
Bela
Son of Beor, the first king listed as reigning in Edom, whose city was Dinhabah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:32–33; 1 Chronicles 1:43; 1 Chronicles 1:44
Beor
Named only as the father of Bela, the first king listed as reigning in Edom.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:32; 1 Chronicles 1:43
Bilhan
One of the three sons of Ezer, grandson of Seir the Horite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42
Cheran
One of the four sons of Dishon, the child of Anah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:26; 1 Chronicles 1:41
Dishan
Son of Seir and a chief of the Horites, father of Uz and Aran.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:21; Genesis 36:28; Genesis 36:30
Dishon
Child of Anah the son of Zibeon and brother of Oholibamah, father of Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Cheran.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:25–26; 1 Chronicles 1:41
Dishon
Son of Seir and a chief of the Horites; Genesis 36:25 also lists a Dishon as a child of Anah, whose sons are named in verse 26.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:21; Genesis 36:30; 1 Chronicles 1:38
Ebal
One of the five sons of Shobal, grandson of Seir the Horite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:23; 1 Chronicles 1:40
Elah
A chief of Edom named in the list of Esau's chiefs by their families and regions.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:40–43; 1 Chronicles 1:51–54
Eliphaz
Esau's firstborn son, by his wife Adah, and a chief among the clans of Edom.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 36:4,10
Elon
A Hittite named as the father of Esau's wife Basemath in Genesis 26:34 and of Esau's wife Adah in Genesis 36:2.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 26:34; Genesis 36:2
Esau
Isaac's elder son, who traded his birthright for a bowl of stew.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–27; 36
Eshban
One of the four sons of Dishon, the child of Anah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:26; 1 Chronicles 1:41
Ezer
Son of Seir and a chief of the Horites, father of Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:21; Genesis 36:27; Genesis 36:30
Gatam
Son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau and Adah, listed among the chiefs of Eliphaz in Edom.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:11; Genesis 36:16; 1 Chronicles 1:36
Hadad
Son of Bedad, who reigned in Edom after Husham, defeated Midian in the country of Moab, and ruled from the city of Avith.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:35–36; 1 Chronicles 1:46; 1 Chronicles 1:47
Hadad
The king who reigned in Edom after Baal-hanan, whose city was named Pau and whose wife was Mehetabel.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:50–51
Hemdan
One of the four sons of Dishon, the child of Anah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:26; 1 Chronicles 1:41
Hori
Son of Lotan and grandson of Seir the Horite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:22; 1 Chronicles 1:39
Husham
A man from the land of the Temanites who reigned in Edom after Jobab.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:34–35; 1 Chronicles 1:45; 1 Chronicles 1:46
Ithran
One of the four sons of Dishon, the child of Anah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:26; 1 Chronicles 1:41
Jalam
A son of Esau by his wife Oholibamah and a chief among the Edomites.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 36:5,18
Jetheth
A chief of Edom named in the list of Esau's chiefs by their families and regions.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:40–43; 1 Chronicles 1:51–54
Jeush
A son of Esau by his wife Oholibamah and a chief in the land of Edom.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 36:5,18
Jobab
Son of Zerah from Bozrah, who reigned in Edom after Bela.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:33–34; 1 Chronicles 1:44; 1 Chronicles 1:45
Kenaz
Son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau and Adah, listed among the chiefs of Edom; a chief named Kenaz appears again in Genesis 36:42.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:11; Genesis 36:15; Genesis 36:42
Korah
A son of Esau by his wife Oholibamah and a clan chief of Edom.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 36:5,18
Lotan
Son of Seir the Horite and a chief of the Horites, father of Hori and Hemam and brother of Timna.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:20; Genesis 36:22; Genesis 36:29
Magdiel
A chief of Edom named in the list of Esau's chiefs by their families and regions.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:40–43; 1 Chronicles 1:51–54
Manahath
One of the five sons of Shobal, grandson of Seir the Horite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:23; 1 Chronicles 1:40
Matred
Named as the mother of Mehetabel, wife of King Hadad of Edom, and described there as a daughter of Me-zahab.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:50
Me-zahab
Named only in the description of Mehetabel, wife of King Hadad of Edom, as the father of Matred.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:50
Mehetabel
Wife of the Edomite king Hadad, described as the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:50
Mibzar
A chief of Edom named in the list of Esau's chiefs by their families and regions.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:40–43; 1 Chronicles 1:51–54
Mizzah
Son of Reuel and grandson of Esau and Basemath, listed among the chiefs of Edom.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:17; 1 Chronicles 1:37
Nahath
Son of Reuel and grandson of Esau and Basemath, listed among the chiefs of Edom.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:17; 1 Chronicles 1:37
Oholibamah
Daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, a wife of Esau who bore him Jeush, Jalam and Korah; a chief named Oholibamah is also listed among the chiefs of Edom (Genesis 36:41),…
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:2; Genesis 36:5; Genesis 36:14
Omar
Son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau and Adah, listed among the chiefs of Edom.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:11; Genesis 36:15; 1 Chronicles 1:36
Onam
One of the five sons of Shobal, grandson of Seir the Horite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:23; 1 Chronicles 1:40
Pinon
A chief of Edom named in the list of Esau's chiefs by their families and regions.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:40–43; 1 Chronicles 1:51–54
Reuel
A son of Esau by his wife Basemath and father of several Edomite clans.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 36:4,10
Samlah
A man from Masrekah who reigned in Edom after Hadad son of Bedad.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:36–37; 1 Chronicles 1:47; 1 Chronicles 1:48
Seir
A Horite whose seven sons were chiefs of the Horites living in the land of Seir, the region where Esau later settled.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:20; Genesis 36:21; Genesis 36:30
Shammah
Son of Reuel and grandson of Esau and Basemath, listed among the chiefs of Edom.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:17; 1 Chronicles 1:37
Shaul
A man from Rehoboth on the Euphrates who reigned in Edom after Samlah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:37–38; 1 Chronicles 1:48; 1 Chronicles 1:49
Shepho
One of the five sons of Shobal, grandson of Seir the Horite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:23; 1 Chronicles 1:40
Shobal
Son of Seir the Horite and a chief of the Horites, father of Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:20; Genesis 36:23; Genesis 36:29
Teman
Son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau and Adah, listed among the chiefs of Edom; a chief named Teman appears again in Genesis 36:42.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:11; Genesis 36:15; Genesis 36:42
Timna
Concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz, who bore him Amalek; a chief named Timna is also listed among the chiefs of Edom (Genesis 36:40), and the text does not say whether Lotan's sister…
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:12; Genesis 36:40; 1 Chronicles 1:36
Timna
Named as the sister of Lotan in the Horite genealogy; the text does not say whether she is the Timna who was Eliphaz's concubine.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:22; 1 Chronicles 1:39
Uz
One of the two sons of Dishan, grandson of Seir the Horite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:28; 1 Chronicles 1:42
Zaavan
One of the three sons of Ezer, grandson of Seir the Horite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42
Zepho
Son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau and Adah, listed among the chiefs of Edom.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:11; Genesis 36:15; 1 Chronicles 1:36
Zerah
Named only as the father of Jobab, who reigned in Edom after Bela.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:33; 1 Chronicles 1:44
Zerah
Son of Reuel and grandson of Esau and Basemath, listed among the chiefs of Edom.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:17; 1 Chronicles 1:37
Zibeon
Son of Seir and a chief of the Horites, father of Aiah and Anah and grandfather of Esau's wife Oholibamah; Genesis 36:2 calls him Zibeon the Hivite.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 36:2; Genesis 36:20; Genesis 36:24
Cross references (36)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 22:17; 1 Chronicles 1:35; Numbers 20:14–21; Deuteronomy 23:7; Isaiah 63:1
- 2 Genesis 36:25; Genesis 9:25; Genesis 28:9; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 26:34–35
- 3 Genesis 28:9; Genesis 25:13
- 4 1 Chronicles 1:35; Exodus 2:18; Job 2:11; Numbers 10:29
- 5 Genesis 35:29
- 6 Genesis 32:3; Genesis 25:23; Genesis 13:11; Revelation 18:13; Genesis 12:5
- 7 Genesis 13:6; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 28:4; Genesis 13:11; Hebrews 11:9
- 8 Genesis 32:3; Malachi 1:3; Ezekiel 35:2–7; Genesis 36:1; Joshua 24:4
- 9 Genesis 19:37
- 10 1 Chronicles 1:35–54; Genesis 36:3–4
- 11 Genesis 36:15–16; 1 Chronicles 1:35–36
- 12 Exodus 17:8–16; Deuteronomy 25:17–19; 1 Samuel 15:2–9; Genesis 36:22; Genesis 14:7
- 13 Genesis 36:17; 1 Chronicles 1:37
- 14 Genesis 36:2; Genesis 36:5; Genesis 36:18; 1 Chronicles 1:35
- 15 Obadiah 9; Job 2:11; Genesis 36:11–12; Jeremiah 49:20; Ezekiel 25:13
- 16 Exodus 15:15
- 17 1 Chronicles 1:37; Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:4
- 18 Genesis 36:14; Genesis 36:5; 1 Chronicles 1:35
- 20 Genesis 14:6; Deuteronomy 2:22; Deuteronomy 2:12; 1 Chronicles 1:38–42; Genesis 36:22–30
- 22 1 Chronicles 1:39
- 23 1 Chronicles 1:40
- 24 2 Samuel 13:29; Deuteronomy 2:10; 1 Kings 4:28; 1 Kings 1:38; 1 Kings 1:44
- 25 Genesis 36:2; 1 Chronicles 1:41; Genesis 36:18; Genesis 36:5; Genesis 36:14
- 26 1 Chronicles 1:41
- 27 Genesis 36:21; 1 Chronicles 1:38; 1 Chronicles 1:42
- 28 Lamentations 4:21; Job 1:1; Jeremiah 25:20
- 29 Genesis 36:20; Genesis 36:28; 1 Chronicles 1:41–42; 1 Chronicles 1:38
- 30 2 Kings 11:19; Daniel 7:17; Isaiah 23:15; Daniel 7:23
- 31 Genesis 17:6; Genesis 17:16; 1 Chronicles 1:43–50; Numbers 24:17–18; Numbers 20:14
- 33 Jeremiah 49:22; Jeremiah 49:13; Isaiah 63:1; Micah 2:12; Isaiah 34:6
- 34 Genesis 36:11; Job 2:11; Jeremiah 49:7; Genesis 36:15
- 36 1 Chronicles 1:47
- 37 Genesis 10:11; 1 Chronicles 1:48
- 39 Exodus 15:15; 1 Chronicles 1:50
- 40 1 Chronicles 1:51–54; Exodus 15:15; Genesis 36:31; Genesis 36:15–16
- 43 Genesis 45:8; 1 Chronicles 4:14; Numbers 20:14; Deuteronomy 2:5; Genesis 36:15
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