80 | Genesis 35:27
27 Ja cob came home to his fa ther Isaac in Mamre, d near Kiriath Arba e
( that is, He bron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. 28 Isaac lived a hun dred and eighty years. f 29 Then he breathed his last and died and was gath ered to his peo ple, g old and full of years. h And his sons Esau and Ja cob bur ied him. i
Esau’ s Descendants
36:10-14pp— 1Ch 1:35-37 36:20-28pp— 1Ch 1:38-42
This is the ac count of the fam ily line of Esau( that is, Edom). j
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2 Esau took his wives from the women of Ca naan: k Adah daugh ter of Elon the Hittite, l and Oholibamah daughter of Anah m and grand daugh ter of Zib eon the Hi vite— 3 also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
4 Adah bore El i phaz to Esau, Bas e math bore Reuel, n 5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Ja lam and Ko rah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Ca naan.
6 Esau took his wives and sons and daugh ters and all the mem bers of his household, as well as his live stock and all his other an i mals and all the goods he had acquired in Ca naan, o and moved to a land some dis tance from his brother Ja cob. 7 Their pos ses sions were too great for them to re main to gether; the land where they were stay ing could not sup port them both be cause of their live stock. p 8 So Esau q( that is, Edom) set tled in the hill coun try of Seir. r
9 This is the ac count of the fam ily line of Esau the fa ther of the Edom ites in the hill country of Seir.
10 These are the names of Esau’ s sons: El i phaz, the son of Esau’ s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau’ s wife Bas e math.
11 The sons of Eliphaz: s
Teman, t
Omar, Ze pho, Ga tam and Ke naz. 12 Esau’ s son El i phaz also had a con cu bine named Timna, who bore him Am a lek. u
These were grandsons of Esau’ s wife Adah. v
13 The sons of Reuel: Na hath, Ze rah, Sham mah and Miz zah. These were grand sons of Esau’ s wife Basemath.
14 The sons of Esau’ s wife Ohol i ba mah daugh ter of Anah and grand daugh ter of Zib eon, whom she bore to Esau:
Jeush, Jalam and Korah.
15 These were the chiefs w among Esau’ s descendants: The sons of El i phaz the first born of Esau:
Chiefs Teman, x
Omar, Ze pho, Ke naz, 16 Korah, a
Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs de scended from El i phaz in Edom; they were grand sons of Adah. y
17 The sons of Esau’ s son Reuel: z Chiefs Na hath, Ze rah, Sham mah and Miz zah. These were the chiefs de scended from Reuel in Edom; they were grand sons of Esau’ s wife Bas e math.
18 The sons of Esau’ s wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau’ s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah. 19 These were the sons of Esau( that is, Edom), a and these were their chiefs.
a 16 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch( also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not have Korah.
35:27 d Ge 13:18; 18:1 e Jos 14:15
35:28 f Ge 25:7, 20
35:29 g Ge 25:8; 49:33 h Ge 15:15 i Ge 25:9
36:1 j Ge 25:30
36:2 k Ge 28:8-9 l Ge 26:34 m ver 25
36:4 n 1Ch 1:35 36:6 o Ge 12:5
36:7 p Ge 13:6; 17:8; 28:4
36:8 q Dt 2:4 r Ge 32:3
36:11 s ver 15-16; Job 2:11 t Am 1:12; Hab 3:3
36:12 u Ex 17:8, 16; Nu 24:20; 1Sa 15:2 v ver 16
36:15 w Ex 15:15 x Job 2:11
36:16 y ver 12 36:17 z 1Ch 1:37 36:19 a Ge 25:30 his father’ s favor fails( see 37:21 – 22 and note). concubine. See note on 25:1. 35:27 Mamre, near Kiriath Arba( that is, Hebron). See 13:18; 23:2 and note. Jacob follows in the footsteps of Abraham and Isaac. As ch. 35 reveals, Jacob is the one through whom God’ s promises to the patriarchs will move toward fulfillment. Isaac witnesses the return of Jacob to Hebron, having sent him away to Paddan Aram 20 years previously. 35:28 – 29 This report of Isaac’ s death and burial( see also 49:29 – 31) concludes 25:19— 35:29.
36:1 – 30 Esau’ s Descendants. Before recounting events associated mainly with Jacob’ s sons, this passage provides some further information concerning Esau and his descendants. Genesis sometimes gives information about less important figures first( e. g., 4:17 – 24; 25:12 – 18). 36:1 This is the account of the family line of. See note on 2:4. Esau( that is, Edom). See 25:30. 36:2 – 3 The names of Esau’ s wives differ from those recorded in 26:34; 28:9. A variety of explanations may account for the variations:( 1) the same woman may have been known by different names,( 2) different women may have shared the same name, and( 3) Esau may have had more than three wives. 36:6 – 8 The reason for Esau’ s separation from
Jacob echoes the earlier account of Abraham and Lot parting company( 13:5 – 6). 36:9 This is the account of. Although this duplicates the heading that introduces ch. 36, this verse underlines in particular Esau’ s association with the hill country of Seir, which lay to the east of the Arabah. 36:12 concubine. See note on 25:1. Timna. Also mentioned in v. 22, she was a native of Seir and a sister of various tribal leaders. 36:15 chiefs. This emphasizes the identity of the tribal leaders descended from Esau. Esau has five sons and ten grandchildren( vv. 9 – 14), from whom 14 tribes descend( vv. 15 – 29).