Genesis 36:9

New Century Version

This is the family history of Esau. He is the ancestor of the Edomites, who live in the mountains of Edom.

Cross References

Genesis 19:37

The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of all the Moabite people who are still living today.

Genesis 32:3

Jacob’s brother Esau was living in the area called Seir in the country of Edom. Jacob sent messengers to Esau,

Genesis 32:4

telling them, “Give this message to my master Esau: ‘This is what Jacob, your servant, says: I have lived with Laban and have remained there until now.

Genesis 36:10

Esau’s sons were Eliphaz, son of Adah and Esau, and Reuel, son of Basemath and Esau.

Genesis 36:43

Magdiel, and Iram. They were the leaders of Edom. (Esau was the father of the Edomites.) The area where each of these families lived was named after that family.

Genesis 36:8

So Esau lived in the mountains of Edom. (Esau is also named Edom.)

1 Chronicles 4:42

Ishi’s sons, Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, led five hundred of the Simeonites and attacked the people living in the mountains of Edom.

Obadiah 1:1

This is the vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord God says about Edom: We have heard a message from the Lord. A messenger has been sent among the nations, saying, “Attack! Let’s go attack Edom!”

Deuteronomy 2:5

Do not go to war against them. I will not give you any of their land—not even a foot of it, because I have given the mountains of Edom to Esau as his own.

Joshua 24:4

I gave Isaac two sons named Jacob and Esau. I gave the land around the mountains of Edom to Esau, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.