Genesis 36:1-11

1 These are the descendants of Esau, also called Edom.

2 Esau married Canaanite women: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah son of Zibeon the Hivite; ¹

3 and Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. ²

4 Adah bore Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel;

5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.

6 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 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)

Genesis 36:1-11 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. 36.2Genesis 26.34.
• 2. 36.3Genesis 28.9.

Footnotes

• [a]. [Some ancient translations] son; [Hebrew] daughter; [or] granddaughter.