Genesis 36:1-8

Esau’s Descendants

1 This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).

2 Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite—

3 also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

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

6 Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob.

7 Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.

8 So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

Genesis 36:1-8 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. S Genesis 2:4
• 2. S Genesis 25:30
• 3. Genesis 28:8-9
• 4. Genesis 26:34
• 5. ver 14,18
• 6. ver 25; 1 Chronicles 1:40
• 7. ver 24; S Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:40
• 8. ver 4,10,13,17
• 9. S Genesis 25:13
• 10. S ver 3; 1 Chronicles 1:35
• 11. ver 14,18; 1 Chronicles 1:35
• 12. Genesis 12:5
• 13. Genesis 27:39
• 14. S Genesis 13:6; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 28:4
• 15. Deuteronomy 2:4
• 16. S Genesis 25:30
• 17. S Genesis 14:6; Genesis 32:3