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Good News Translation GNT
1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
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These are the descendants of Esau, also called Edom.
2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
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Esau married Canaanite women: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah son of Zibeon the Hivite;
3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
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and Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
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Adah bore Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel;
5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
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and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau 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 his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
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Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the people of his house, along with all his livestock and all the possessions he had gotten in the land of Canaan, and went away from his brother Jacob to another land.
7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
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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 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
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So Esau lived in the hill country of Edom.
9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
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These are the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.
10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
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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 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
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(See 36:10)
12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
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(See 36:10)
13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
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(See 36:10)
14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
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Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah son of Zibeon, bore him three sons: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
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These are the tribes descended from Esau. Esau's first son Eliphaz was the ancestor of the following tribes: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
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Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were all descendants of Esau's wife Adah.
17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
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Esau's son Reuel was the ancestor of the following tribes: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were all descendants of Esau's wife Basemath.
18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
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The following tribes were descended from Esau by his wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
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All these tribes were descended from Esau.
20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
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The original inhabitants of the land of Edom were divided into tribes which traced their ancestry to the following descendants of Seir, a Horite: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
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(See 36:20)
22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
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Lotan was the ancestor of the clans of Hori and Heman. (Lotan had a sister named Timna.)
23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
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Shobal was the ancestor of the clans of Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
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Zibeon had two sons, Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness when he was taking care of his father's donkeys.)
25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
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Anah was the father of Dishon, who was the ancestor of the clans of Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. Anah also had a daughter named Oholibamah.
26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
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(See 36:25)
27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
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Ezer was the ancestor of the clans of Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
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Dishan was the ancestor of the clans of Uz and Aran.
29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
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These are the Horite tribes in the land of Edom: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
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(See 36:29)
31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
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Before there were any kings in Israel, the following kings ruled the land of Edom in succession: Bela son of Beor from Dinhabah Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah Husham from the region of Teman Hadad son of Bedad from Avith (he defeated the Midianites in a battle in the country of Moab) Samlah from Masrekah Shaul from Rehoboth-on-the-River Baal Hanan son of Achbor Hadad from Pau (his wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab)
32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
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(See 36:31)
33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
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(See 36:31)
34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
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(See 36:31)
35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
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(See 36:31)
36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
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(See 36:31)
37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
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(See 36:31)
38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
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(See 36:31)
39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
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(See 36:31)
40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
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Esau was the ancestor of the following Edomite tribes: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, and Iram. The area where each of these tribes lived was known by the name of the tribe.
41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
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(See 36:40)
42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
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(See 36:40)
43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
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(See 36:40)
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.