Genesis 36:5-15

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.
9 This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.
10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
11 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.
12 Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
13 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
14 The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam and Korah.
15 These were the chiefs among Esau’s descendants: The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

Genesis 36:5-15 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 22

  • 1. ver 14,18; 1 Chronicles 1:35
  • 2. Genesis 12:5
  • 3. Genesis 27:39
  • 4. S Genesis 13:6; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 28:4
  • 5. Deuteronomy 2:4
  • 6. S Genesis 25:30
  • 7. S Genesis 14:6; Genesis 32:3
  • 8. S Genesis 2:4
  • 9. ver 1,43
  • 10. S ver 3
  • 11. ver 15-16; 1 Chronicles 1:45; Job 2:11; Job 4:1
  • 12. Jeremiah 49:7,20; Ezekiel 25:13; Amos 1:12; Obadiah 1:9; Habakkuk 3:3
  • 13. ver 15
  • 14. S Genesis 22:24
  • 15. Exodus 17:8,16; Numbers 24:20; Deuteronomy 25:17,19; 1 Samuel 15:2; 1 Samuel 27:8
  • 16. ver 16
  • 17. S ver 3
  • 18. S ver 2
  • 19. S ver 5
  • 20. ver 19,40; Exodus 15:15
  • 21. Job 2:11; Jeremiah 49:7; Ezekiel 25:13; Amos 1:12; Habakkuk 3:3
  • 22. S ver 11
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