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Esau's family line
1 This is the story of Esau's family. Esau's other name was Edom.
2-5 Esau 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.
6-8 Jacob and Esau had too many animals for that country to feed, so Esau moved away from there and lived in a country called Seir. Seir was a long way from Canaan.
Esau took his wives, his children, all his workers, all his animals and everything else that he got while he lived in Canaan.
More story about Esau
9 This is the story of Esau's sons and their families that lived in the hill country called Seir. Esau was the father of all the people called Edomites. 10 This is the list of Esau's sons.
Eli-faz. His mother was Adah
Rew-el. His mother was Bas-e-math
11 Adah and Esau's son Eli-faz had 5 sons. Their names were Teman, Omar, Zefo, Gatam and Kenaz.
12 Eli-faz and his second wife named Timna had a son and his name was Amalek.
So Elifaz's mother, Adah, was grandmother for all of Eli-faz's 6 boys.
13 Bas-e-math and Esau's son, Rew-el had 4 sons. Their names were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. And so Bas-e-math was grandmother for these 4 boys.
14 Ohol-i-bar-mah, whose father was Anah and whose grandfather was Zibeon had 3 sons with Esau. The son's names were Jeush, Jalam and Korah.
15-16 This is the list of the leaders of the tribes that came from Esau. They all lived in Edom.
Esau's first born son was named Eli-faz. Eli-faz's sons were named Teman, Omar, Zefo, Kenaz, Korah, Gatam and Amalek.
They were leaders of new tribes in the country of Edom. And Esau's wife Adah was their grandmother.
17 This next list of men were the sons of Esau's son named Rew-el and they were leaders of new tribes in Edom.
Their names were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
Esau's wife Bas-e-math was their grandmother.
18 This next list of men were Esau and Ohol-i-bar-mah's sons. Their names were Jeush, Jalam and Korah. They were all leaders of new tribes. 19 And so Esau, whose other name was Edom, was the father of all these men and each of them were leaders for their own tribes.
20-21 Esau and his family moved to a country called Seir, but there were other people already living there. Seir was called after a man with that name. He was from the Horite tribe.
This is a list of Seir's sons. Their names were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These men were leaders of their tribes. 22 Lotan had 2 sons. They were named Hori and Homam. Lotan had a sister named Timna.
23 Shobal had 5 sons and they were named Alvan, Mana-hath, Ebal, Sheffo and Onam.
24 Zibeon had 2 sons, and they were named Ayah and Anah. Anah was the man who found springs of hot water in the dry country while he was looking after his father's donkeys.
25 Anah had 2 children. The boy was named Dishon and the daughter was named Ohol-i-bar-mah.
26 Dishon had 4 sons and they were named Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.
27 Ezer had 3 sons and they were named Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.
28 Dishan had 2 sons, and they were named Uz and Aran.
29-30 This is a list of the leaders of the Horite clans that lived in the country called Seir.
Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. The clans were called the same name as their leaders.
The Kings of Edom
31 This is a list of the kings of Edom before the Israel people had a king.
32 The king of Edom was named Bela, and his father was named Beor. Bela's town was called Din-ha-bah.
33 When Bela died, Jobab was king. Jobab's father was named Zerah and he came from a place called Bozrah.
34 When Jobab died, Husham was king. He came from a country where the people were called Temanites.
35 When Husham died, Hadad was king, and his town was called Avith. Hadad's father was named Bedad, and Hadad's army beat the Midianite army in the country called Moab.
36 When Hadad died, Samlah was king. He came from a place called Mas-re-kah.
37 When Samlah died, Shaul was king. He came from a place called Reho-both. It was next to the You-Fray-tees River.
38 When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan was king. His father was named Acbor.
39 When Baal-Hanan, the son of Acbor, died, Hadad was king. His town was called Pau and his wife's name was Mehet-abel. She was the daughter of Matred, who was the daughter of Me-Zahab.
40 This is the list of the tribes that came from Esau. It is a list of the leaders and where they lived.
Timna, Alvah, Jetheh, 41 Ohol-i-ba-mah, Elah, Pinon, 42 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 43 Magdiel and Iram.
These were the tribal leaders in the country called Edom.
Later on, Esau was named the father of the Edomite people.

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