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1. And these are the births of Esau; he is Edom.

2. Esau took his women of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

3. And Basemath the daughter of Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth.

4. And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel;

5. And Oholibamah bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau that were born unto him in the land of Canaan.

6. And Esau took his women, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his acquisition, and all his beast, and all his purchase, which he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went into a land from before Jacob his brother.

7. For their substance was too great for then’ to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their acquisitions.

8. And Esau dwelt in Mount Seir; Esau he is Edom.

9. And these are the births of Esau the father of Edom in Mount Seir:

10. These are the names of the sons of Esau; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.

11. And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

12. And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz the son of Esau; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah Esau‘s wife.

13. And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath Esau’s wife. 14. And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau‘s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

15. These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau; chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

16. Chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

17. And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah; these are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath Esau‘s wife.

18. And these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau’s wife; chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau‘s wife.

19. These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs: he himself is Edom.

20. These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land; Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,

21. And Dishon and Ezer and Dishon; these are the chiefs of the Horite, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.

22. And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and the sister of Lotan was Timna.

23. And these are the sons of Shobal; Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

24. And these are the sons of Zibeon, both Aiah and Anah: this is the Anah who found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses for Zibeon his father.

25. And these are the children of Anah; Dishon, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.

26. And these are the sons of Dishon; Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.

27. These are the sons of Ezer; Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.

28. These are the sons of Dishan, Uz and Aran.

29. These are the chiefs of the Horite; chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,

30. Chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Horite, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

31. And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned a king over the sons of Israel. 32. And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

33. And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

34. And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

35. And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith.

36. And Hadad died, and Samlah of Mazrekah reigned in his stead.

37. And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth of the river reigned in his stead.

38. And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

39. And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

40. And these are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families, according to their places, in their names; chief Timnah, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth;

41. Chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon;

42. Chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar;

43. Chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession Esau himself is the father of Edom.