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1This is the story about Jacob’s brother Esau and his family. Sometimes people called Esau a different name. They called him Edom .
2Esau married some women from Canaan country. These are the names of those women,[#Genesis 26:34]
– Adah. Her father’s name was Elon, and he was from the Heth tribe.
– Oholibamah. Her father’s name was Anah. Her grand-father’s name was Zibeyon, and he was from the Hiv tribe.
3– Basemath. Her father’s name was Ishmael, and her brother’s name was Nebayoth.[#Genesis 28:9]
4All of those women had sons with Esau. Adah had a son called Elifaz, Basemath had a son called Rewel,
5and Oholibamah had 3 sons called Jeyush, Jalam, and Korah.
That’s all the sons that Esau had, and they were all born in Canaan country.
6-7-8Esau and his brother Jacob, they both lived in Canaan country. And Esau and Jacob both had lots and lots of animals. But there was a problem. There wasn’t enough grass and water in that country for all of Esau’s animals and all of Jacob’s animals.
So Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and everyone else that lived in his camp, and he took all his animals and everything else that he owned, and he left Canaan country. He went to the hill country called Seir, and he set up his camp there. That place was a long way away from Jacob.
And you know, sometimes people called Esau a different name. They called him Edom .
9Esau’s family was called the Edom tribe, and they lived in the hill country called Seir. These are the names of Esau’s sons and grand-sons.
10Esau’s 2 oldest sons were,
– Elifaz. His mother’s name was Adah, and she was one of Esau’s wives.
– Rewel. His mother’s name was Basemath, and she was another one of Esau’s wives.
11These are the names of Elifaz’s sons,
– Teman
– Omar
– Zefo
– Gatam
– Kenaz
12Esau’s son Elifaz had another son too. His name was Amalek, and his mother’s name was Timna. That woman Timna, she was like another wife for Elifaz.
All those men were Elifaz’s sons. They were the grand-sons of Esau and his wife Adah.
13Esau’s son Rewel had sons too. These are the names of Rewel’s sons,
– Nahath
– Zerah
– Shammah
– Mizzah
They were the grand-sons of Esau and his wife Basemath.
14Esau had another wife, and her name was Oholibamah. Her father’s name was Anah, and her grand-father’s name was Zibeyon. Oholibamah and Esau had 3 sons together. These are their names,
– Jeyush
– Jalam
– Korah
15Esau’s tribe split up into clans, and all those clans had leaders. These are the names of those leaders.
Esau’s oldest son Elifaz, he had these sons,
– Teman
– Omar
– Zefo
– Kenaz
16– Korah
– Gatam
– Amalek
All those men were Elifaz’s sons, and they were the leaders for their clans in Edom country. Their grand-mother was Esau’s wife Adah.
17These are the sons of Esau’s son Rewel,
– Nahath
– Zerah
– Shammah
– Mizzah
Those men were Rewel’s sons, and they were the leaders for their clans in Edom country. Their grand-mother was Esau’s wife Basemath.
18These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah,
– Jeyush
– Jalam
– Korah
Those men were Oholibamah’s sons, and they were the leaders for their clans. Oholibamah’s father was called Anah.
19All those sons of Esau, they were the leaders for their clans.
And you know, sometimes people called Esau a different name. They called him Edom .
20There was another tribe living in that country too. They lived there before Esau’s family came there. That tribe was called the Hor tribe. The people in that tribe were the kids and grand-kids of a man called Seir.
These are the names of Seir’s sons,
– Lotan
– Shobal
– Zibeyon
– Anah
21– Dishon
– Ezer
– Dishan
All those men were Seir’s sons, and they were the leaders for their clans in Edom country.
22Seir’s son Lotan had these sons,
– Hori
– Hemam
Lotan also had a sister called Timna.
23Seir’s son Shobal had these sons,
– Alvan
– Manahath
– Ebal
– Shefo
– Onam
24Seir’s son Zibeyon had these sons,
– Ayah
– Anah. (Anah is the man that found springs in the desert. One day, he was out in the desert, and he was looking after some donkeys that belonged to his father Zibeyon. And he found some springs with hot water in them.)
25Seir’s son Anah had these kids,
– Dishon
– Oholibamah. She was Anah’s daughter.
26Seir’s son Dishon had these sons,
– Hemdan
– Eshban
– Ithran
– Keran
27Seir’s son Ezer had these sons,
– Bilhan
– Zavan
– Akan
28Seir’s son Dishan had these sons,
– Uz
– Aran
29These are the names of the leaders in the Hor tribe,
– Lotan
– Shobal
– Zibeyon
– Anah
30– Dishon
– Ezer
– Dishan
All those men were in the Hor tribe, and they were the leaders for their clans in the country called Seir.
31At first, the Israel mob didn’t have big bosses over them. A long time later, they started having a big boss over them. But before that, the Edom mob had big bosses in their country. These are the names of those big bosses in Edom.
32The 1st big boss in Edom country, his name was Bela. He lived in a town called Dinhabah, and his father’s name was Beor.
33Bela died, and then a man called Jobab became the big boss. He was from a town called Bozrah, and his father’s name was Zerah.
34Jobab died, and then a man called Husham became the big boss. He was from the land of the Teman clan.
35Husham died, and then a man called Hadad became the big boss. He was from a town called Avith, and his father’s name was Bedad. Hadad fought the Midian people in Moab country, and he won.
36Hadad died, and then a man called Samlah became the big boss. He was from the town called Masrekah.
37Samlah died, and then a man called Shawl became the big boss. He was from the town called Rehoboth, next to the river.
38Shawl died, and then a man called Baal-Hanan became the big boss. His father’s name was Akbor.
39Baal-Hanan died, and then a man called Hadad became the big boss. He lived in a town called Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel. She was the daughter of Matred and the grand-daughter of Mezahab.
40Some people in Esau’s tribe were leaders for their clans. And all those clans lived in different places. These are the names of those clan leaders,
– Timna
– Alvah
– Jetheth
41– Oholibamah
– Elah
– Pinon
42– Kenaz
– Teman
– Mibzar
43– Magdiel
– Iram
Those people were the leaders for their clans in the Edom tribe. All those clans lived in different places.
All the people in the Edom tribe were the kids and grand-kids of Esau.