40 S Genesis 36:7
the g
oods he had acquired in Canaan, and m
oved to a land some dis
tance from his brother Jacob. 7 Their possessions were too g
reat 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 E
sau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaugh
ter 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, 16 Korah, a Gatam and Amalek.
These were the c hiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were
grandsons of Adah.
17 The sons of Esau’s son Reuel:
Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs
descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau’s wife
Basemath.
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), and these were their chiefs.
20 These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region:
Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21 Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of
Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.
22 The sons of Lotan:
Hori and Homam. b Timna was Lotan’s sister.
23 The sons of Shobal:
Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.
24 The sons of Zibeon:
Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot s prings c in
the desert while he was grazing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.
25 The children of Anah:
Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.
26 The sons of Dishon d :
Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.
27 The sons of Ezer:
Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.
28 The sons of Dishan:
Uz and Aran.
29 These were the Horite chiefs:
Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 30 Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were
the Horite chiefs, according to t heir divisions, in the land of Seir.
a 16
Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not have
Korah. b 22 Hebrew Hemam, a variant of Homam (see 1 Chron. 1:39) c 24 Vulgate;
Syriac discovered water; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
d 26 Hebrew Dishan, a variant of Dishon