Chapter 36
Drafted by Grok 4.7 on 8 October 2026. First draft. Not independently reviewed. Leningrad Codex, through the Open Scriptures Westminster Leningrad Codex. The written consonants are printed. A Masoretic reading is footnoted when it differs. No Dead Sea reading was substituted unless it was read from a fragment. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions are witnesses, not the default.
1These are the generations of Esau, that is, Edom.
2Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
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This list is not the list in 26:34. It is printed as this chapter writes it. The same copy calls Anah a daughter of Zibeon here and lists Anah among the sons of Zibeon in verse 24. Both are printed. Neither is corrected.
3and Basemath daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth.
4Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel.
5Oholibamah bore Yeish, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
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The written name is Yeish. The reading tradition says Yeush, Jeush. Verse 18 spells the same name Jeush. Here and in verse 14 the written form is printed.
6Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the people of his house, his livestock and all his animals, and all the property he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and he went to a land away from Jacob his brother.
7For their possessions were too great for them to live together, and the land where they sojourned could not support them because of their livestock.
8So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
9These are the generations of Esau, father of Edom, in the hill country of Seir.
10These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Adah, Esau’s wife, and Reuel son of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
12Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.
13These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
14These were the sons of Oholibamah, daughter of Anah daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she bore to Esau Yeish, Jalam, and Korah.
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Written Yeish, read Yeush, as in verse 5. Yeish is printed.
15These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,
16chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.
17These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
18These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These are the chiefs of Oholibamah, daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
19These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs. That is Edom.
20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.
22The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam, and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
23These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who found the yemim in the wilderness while he was pasturing the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
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Yemim is not explained in the codex. Later guesses include hot springs and mules. Those guesses are not printed. The word is kept.
25These are the children of Anah: Dishon, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.
26These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
27These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
28These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
29These are the chiefs of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,
30chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chiefdoms in the land of Seir.
31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites.
32Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33Bela died, and Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
34Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
35Husham died, and Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith.
36Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
37Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth-on-the-River reigned in his place.
38Shaul died, and Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.
39Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred daughter of Me-zahab.
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40These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their clans, their places, and their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,
41chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
42chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
43chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land of their possession. That is Esau, the father of Edom.