Genesis 36:1-6

Esau's Descendants

1 These are the generations of Esau (that is, ¹Edom).

2 Esau ²took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, ³Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter^[a] of Zibeon the Hivite,

3 and ⁴Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.

4 And Adah bore to Esau, ⁵Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel;

5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob.

Genesis 36:1-6 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

• 1. Genesis 25:30
• 2. Genesis 26:34
• 3. ver. 14, 18, 25
• 4. [Genesis 28:9]
• 5. ver. 10; 1 Chronicles 1:35

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac son; also verse 14