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.
4-5. Esau and his three wives had five sons while in Canaan. Adah's son was Eliphaz; Basemath's son was Reuel; Oholibamah's three sons were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
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.
31-39. Before there were kings in Israel, the following kings ruled Edom one after another:Bela son of Beor from Dinhabah;Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah;Husham from the land of Teman;Hadad son of Bedad from Avith (Bedad had defeated the Midianites in Moab);Samlah from Masrekah;Shaul from the city of Rehoboth on the River Euphrates;Baalhanan son of Achbor;Hadar from the city of Pau (his wife Mehetabel was the daughter of Matred and the granddaughter of Mezahab).