Genesis 36:1-19

Esau’s Descendants

1 This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).
2 Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite—
3 also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,
5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.
6 Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob.
7 Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.
8 So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.
9 This is the account of the family line 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: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.
12 Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
13 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
14 The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam and Korah.
15 These were the chiefs among Esau’s descendants: The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
16 Korah,[a] Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.
17 The sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
18 The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah.
19 These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.

Genesis 36:1-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 36

This chapter gives us a genealogical account of Esau's family, of his wives and sons, with whom he removed from Seir, Ge 36:1-10; of his sons' sons, or grandsons, who were dukes in the land of Edom, Ge 36:11-19; after which is inserted a genealogy of Seir the Horite, into whose family Esau married, and of his children, and the dukes among them, Ge 36:20-30; then follows a list of the kings of Edom, before there were any in Israel, Ge 36:31-39; and the chapter is closed with a brief narration of the dukes of Esau, according to their families, Ge 36:40-43.

Cross References 42

  • 1. S Genesis 2:4
  • 2. S Genesis 25:30
  • 3. Genesis 28:8-9
  • 4. Genesis 26:34
  • 5. ver 14,18
  • 6. ver 25; 1 Chronicles 1:40
  • 7. ver 24; S Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:40
  • 8. ver 4,10,13,17
  • 9. S Genesis 25:13
  • 10. S ver 3; 1 Chronicles 1:35
  • 11. ver 14,18; 1 Chronicles 1:35
  • 12. Genesis 12:5
  • 13. Genesis 27:39
  • 14. S Genesis 13:6; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 28:4
  • 15. Deuteronomy 2:4
  • 16. S Genesis 25:30
  • 17. S Genesis 14:6; Genesis 32:3
  • 18. S Genesis 2:4
  • 19. ver 1,43
  • 20. S ver 3
  • 21. ver 15-16; 1 Chronicles 1:45; Job 2:11; Job 4:1
  • 22. Jeremiah 49:7,20; Ezekiel 25:13; Amos 1:12; Obadiah 1:9; Habakkuk 3:3
  • 23. ver 15
  • 24. S Genesis 22:24
  • 25. Exodus 17:8,16; Numbers 24:20; Deuteronomy 25:17,19; 1 Samuel 15:2; 1 Samuel 27:8
  • 26. ver 16
  • 27. S ver 3
  • 28. S ver 2
  • 29. S ver 5
  • 30. ver 19,40; Exodus 15:15
  • 31. Job 2:11; Jeremiah 49:7; Ezekiel 25:13; Amos 1:12; Habakkuk 3:3
  • 32. S ver 11
  • 33. S ver 11
  • 34. Genesis 32:3; Exodus 15:15; Numbers 20:14; Numbers 33:37
  • 35. ver 12
  • 36. 1 Chronicles 1:37
  • 37. S ver 3
  • 38. S ver 2
  • 39. S ver 5
  • 40. 1 Chronicles 1:35
  • 41. S Genesis 25:30
  • 42. S ver 15

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not have "Korah" .
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