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Genesis 36:1-15 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. Esau, also known as Edom, had many descendants.

2. He married three Canaanite women: the first was Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; the second was Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

3. the third was Basemath, who was Ishmael's daughter and Nebaioth's sister.

4-5. Esau and his three wives had five sons while in Canaan. Adah's son was Eliphaz; Basemath's son was Reuel; Oholibamah's three sons were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

6. Esau took his children and wives, his relatives and servants, his animals and possessions he had got while in Canaan, and moved far from Jacob.

7. He did this because the land was too crowded and could not support him and his brother with their flocks and herds.

8. That's why Esau made his home in the hill country of Seir.

9-14. Esau lived in the hill country of Seir and was the ancestor of the Edomites. Esau had three wives: Adah, Basemath, and Oholibamah. Here is a list of his descendants: Esau and Adah had a son named Eliphaz, whose sons were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. Timna was the other wife of Esau's son Eliphaz, and she had a son named Amalek.Esau and Basemath had a son named Reuel, whose sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.Esau and Oholibamah had three sons: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

15. Esau and Adah's eldest son was Eliphaz, and the clans that descended from him were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

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