Genesis 36:9

9 These are the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.

Genesis 36:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 36:9

And these are the generations of Esau
Or the posterity of Esau, his children and grandchildren, as before and hereafter related: the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir;
from whom they of that mountain and in the adjacent country had the name of Edomites or Idumeans.

Genesis 36:9 In-Context

7 He left because the land where he and Jacob were living was not able to support them; they had too much livestock and could no longer stay together.

8 So Esau lived in the hill country of Edom.

9 These are the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.

10 Esau's wife Adah bore him one son, Eliphaz, and Eliphaz had five sons: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. And by another wife, Timna, he had one more son, Amalek. Esau's wife Basemath bore him one son, Reuel, and Reuel had four sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

11 (See 36:10)