Genesis 36:15-30

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.

20 These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

21 Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.

22 The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam.^[b] Timna was Lotan’s sister.

23 The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

24 The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs^[c] in the desert while he was grazing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.

25 The children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

26 The sons of Dishon^[d] : Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.

27 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.

28 The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

29 These were the Horite chiefs: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

30 Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.

Genesis 36:15-30 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. ver 19,40; Exodus 15:15
• 2. Job 2:11; Jeremiah 49:7; Ezekiel 25:13; Amos 1:12; Habakkuk 3:3
• 3. S ver 11
• 4. S ver 11
• 5. Genesis 32:3; Exodus 15:15; Numbers 20:14; Numbers 33:37
• 6. ver 12
• 7. 1 Chronicles 1:37
• 8. S ver 3
• 9. S ver 2
• 10. S ver 5
• 11. 1 Chronicles 1:35
• 12. S Genesis 25:30
• 13. S ver 15
• 14. S Genesis 14:6; Deuteronomy 2:12,22; 1 Chronicles 1:38
• 15. ver 29
• 16. ver 30
• 17. S ver 2
• 18. Joshua 15:19
• 19. Job 1:14
• 20. S ver 2
• 21. S ver 2
• 22. ver 20
• 23. ver 21

Footnotes

• [a]. Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not have "Korah" .
• [b]. Hebrew "Hemam," a variant of "Homam" (see 1 Chron. 1:39)
• [c]. Vulgate; Syriac "discovered water;" the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
• [d]. Hebrew "Dishan," a variant of "Dishon"