Genesis 36:1

This is the story of Esau's family. Esau's other name was Edom.

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In The King James Version

Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

In Context

2Esau married 3 women who came from the country called Canaan. Their names were Adah, Ohol-i-bar-mah and Bas-e-math, whose other name was Ma-ha-lath. Adah was the daughter of a Hittite man called Elon, and she gave Esau a son named Eli-faz. Ohol-i-bar-mah was the daughter of a man named Anah. Her grandfather's name was Zibeon who was a Hivite man. Ohol-i-bar-mah gave Esau 3 sons, Jeush, Jalam and Korah. Bas-e-math's father was Ishmael, Isaac's brother. Bas-e-math had a brother who was named Neb-you-cad-nezzaray-oth. Bas-e-math gave Esau a son named Rew-el. All these children were born while Esau and his wives lived in Canaan.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:24On the day the twins were born, the first one was all red and had hair all over his body like a coat, and so they named him Esau.

Genesis 27:35Isaac answered, “Your brother was the one who gave me the meat. He tricked me and I blessed him. I asked God to be good to him and make him strong. He has taken the special words I was going to say for you.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 36:1

In this chapter we have an account of the posterity of Esau, who, from him, were called Edomites, that Esau who sold his birthright, and lost his blessing, and was not loved of God as Jacob was. Here is a brief register kept of his family for some generations. 1. Because he was the son of Isaac, for whose sake this honour is put upon him. 2. Because the Edomites were neighbours to Israel, and their genealogy would be of use to give light to the following stories of what passed between them. 3. It is to show the… Read the whole commentary →

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