Genesis 36 - Easy To Read Version

¹ The family history of Esau (Edom).

² Esau married women from the land of Canaan. Esau’s wives were: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon the Hivite, and

³ Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.

⁴ Esau and Adah had a son named Eliphaz. Basemath had a son named Reuel.

^5-8 And Oholibamah had three sons: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. Those were Esau’s sons that were born in the land of Canaan.

⁹ Esau is the father of the people of Edom. [216] These are the names of Esau’s family living in the hill country of Seir (Edom):

¹⁰ Esau and Adah’s son was Eliphaz. Esau and Basemath’s son was Reuel.

¹¹ Eliphaz had five sons: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

¹² Eliphaz also had a woman servant [217] named Timna. Timna and Eliphaz had a son named Amalek.

¹³ Reuel had four sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

¹⁴ Esau’s third wife was Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. (Anah was the son of Zibeon.) Esau and Oholibamah’s children were: Jeush, Jalam, Korah.

¹⁵ These are the family groups [218] that came from Esau (Edom):

¹⁶ Korah, Gatam, and Amalek.

¹⁷ Esau’s son Reuel was the father of these families: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

¹⁸ Esau’s wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah, gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. Those three men were the fathers of their families.

¹⁹ Those men were all family leaders from Esau (Edom).

²⁰ Seir, a Horite man, lived in Edom [220] before Esau. These are the sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

²¹ Dishon, Ezer, Dishan. Those sons were all Horite family leaders from Seir in Edom.

²² Lotan was the father of Hori and Heman. [221] (Timna was Lotan’s sister.)

²³ Shobal was the father of Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

²⁴ Zibeon had two sons Aiah and Anah. (Anah is the man who found the hot springs in the mountains while he was caring for his father’s donkeys.)

²⁵ Anah was the father of Dishon and Oholibamah.

²⁶ Dishon had four sons. They were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

²⁷ Ezer had three sons. They were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

²⁸ Dishan had two sons. They were Uz and Aran.

²⁹ These are the names of the leaders of the Horite families: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

³⁰ Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. Those men were the leaders of the families that lived in the country of Seir {(Edom [222]).

³¹ At that time, there were kings in Edom. Edom had kings a long time before Israel did.

³² Bela son of Beor was a king who ruled in Edom. [223] He ruled over the city of Dinhabah.

³³ When Bela died, Jobab became king. Jobab was the son of Zerah from Bozrah.

³⁴ When Jobab died, Husham ruled. Husham was from the land of the Temanite people.

³⁵ When Husham died, Hadad ruled that area. Hadad was the son of Bedad. (Hadad was the man who defeated Midian in the country of Moab.) Hadad was from the city of Avith.

³⁶ When Hadad died, Samlah ruled that country. Samlah was from Masrekah.

³⁷ When Samlah died, Shaul ruled that area. Shaul was from Rehoboth on the Euphrates River.

³⁸ When Shaul died, Baal Hanan ruled that country. Baal Hanan was the son of Acbor.

³⁹ When Baal Hanan died, Hadad [224] ruled that country. Hadad was from the city of Pau. Hadad’s wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred. (Mezahab was Matred’s father.)