Genesis 36:1-21 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. Esau, also known as Edom, had many descendants.

2. He married three Canaanite women: the first was Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; the second was Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

3. the third was Basemath, who was Ishmael's daughter and Nebaioth's sister.

6. Esau took his children and wives, his relatives and servants, his animals and possessions he had got while in Canaan, and moved far from Jacob.

7. He did this because the land was too crowded and could not support him and his brother with their flocks and herds.

8. That's why Esau made his home in the hill country of Seir.

15. Esau and Adah's eldest son was Eliphaz, and the clans that descended from him were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

16. Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These and Esau's other descendants lived in the land of Edom.

17. The clans that descended from Esau and Basemath's son Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

18. The clans that descended from Esau and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

19. All of these clans descended from Esau, who was known as Edom.

20. Seir was from the Horite tribe that had lived in Edom before the time of Esau. The clans that had descended from him were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

21. Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

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