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    Genesis 36

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    Anah finds hot springs while pasturing his father’s donkeys, and the genealogy, having listed chiefs and descendants, pauses to preserve this wonderfully practical little adventure.

    Esau moves eastwardvv. 1–9

    Esau is introduced as Edom, with his wives and sons named before the household becomes too large for the same country as Jacob. So he gathers the family, livestock, animals, and property acquired in Canaan, and settles in the area of Mount Seir. The reason is wonderfully unheroic: there simply is not enough pasture for both households’ livestock.

    The family tree acquires hot springsvv. 10–30

    The names multiply into sons, grandsons, chiefs, and divisions, as though the family tree has put on formal robes. Yet in the middle of it stands Anah, remembered not for a throne but for finding hot springs in the wilderness while pasturing Zibeon’s donkeys. The chapter does not explain the discovery further; it simply gives this small, steaming footnote its place among the chiefs of Seir. Korah also appears first among Oholibamah’s sons and later among the chiefs of Eliphaz, without an explanation of whether the name belongs to one person or two.

    Kings before Israel’s kingsvv. 31–43

    After the genealogies come the kings of Edom, one replacing another whenever death opens the throne: Bela, Jobab, Husham, Hadad, Samlah, Shaul, Baal-hanan, and then Hadad again. The first Hadad defeated Midian in the country of Moab; the later Hadad is given a city and a wife. The text gives no explanation for the repeated name, while the chiefs of Edom are finally listed according to their families and settlements.

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    1. Gen 36:1This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).

    2. Gen 36:2Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

    3. Gen 36:3and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

    4. Gen 36:4And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

    5. Gen 36:5and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

    6. Gen 36:6Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.

    7. Gen 36:7For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.

    8. Gen 36:8So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.

    9. Gen 36:9This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.

    10. Gen 36:10These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

    11. Gen 36:11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

    12. Gen 36:12Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

    13. Gen 36:13These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

    14. Gen 36:14These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah (daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon) whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

    15. Gen 36:15These are the chiefs among the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

    16. Gen 36:16Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.

    17. Gen 36:17These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

    18. Gen 36:18These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. They are the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

    19. Gen 36:19All these are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and they were their chiefs.

    20. Gen 36:20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

    21. Gen 36:21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.

    22. Gen 36:22The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.

    23. Gen 36:23These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

    24. Gen 36:24These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)

    25. Gen 36:25These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

    26. Gen 36:26These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

    27. Gen 36:27These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

    28. Gen 36:28These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

    29. Gen 36:29These are the chiefs of the Horites: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

    30. Gen 36:30Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their divisions in the land of Seir.

    31. Gen 36:31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:

    32. Gen 36:32Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.

    33. Gen 36:33When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

    34. Gen 36:34When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

    35. Gen 36:35When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

    36. Gen 36:36When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

    37. Gen 36:37When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.

    38. Gen 36:38When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.

    39. Gen 36:39When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.

    40. Gen 36:40These are the names of Esau’s chiefs, according to their families and regions, by their names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

    41. Gen 36:41Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,

    42. Gen 36:42Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

    43. Gen 36:43Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. Esau was the father of the Edomites.

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    • 7Genesis 13:6But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
    • 7Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
    • 41 Chronicles 1:35The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
    • 8Genesis 32:3Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
    • 31Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
    • 1Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
    • 7Genesis 28:4And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
    • 8Malachi 1:3but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
    • 20Deuteronomy 2:12The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
    • 20Genesis 14:6and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
    • 20Deuteronomy 2:22just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
    • 29Genesis 36:20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
    • 4Exodus 2:18When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
    • 12Deuteronomy 25:17–19Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
    • 12Exodus 17:8–16After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
    • 15Obadiah 1:9Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.

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