Esau’s Descendants

¹This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).

⁹This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

¹⁰These are the names of Esau’s sons:

¹¹The sons of Eliphaz:

¹³The sons of Reuel:

¹⁵These were the chiefs among Esau’s descendants:

The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau:

¹⁷The sons of Esau’s son Reuel:

¹⁸The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah:

¹⁹These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.

²⁰These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region:

²²The sons of Lotan:

²³The sons of Shobal:

²⁴The sons of Zibeon:

²⁵The children of Anah:

²⁶The sons of Dishon:[#36:26 Hebrew Dishan, a variant of]

²⁷The sons of Ezer:

²⁸The sons of Dishan:

²⁹These were the Horite chiefs:

The Rulers of Edom

³¹These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:

³²Bela son of Beor became king of Edom. His city was named Dinhabah.

³³When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.

³⁴When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.

³⁵When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.

³⁶When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.

³⁷When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king.

³⁸When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.

³⁹When Baal-Hanan son of Akbor died, Hadad succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.[#36:39 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 1:50); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Hadar]

⁴⁰These were the chiefs descended from Esau, by name, according to their clans and regions:

This is the family line of Esau, the father of the Edomites.