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.