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Genesis 36:8-29-30 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

8. So Esau lived in the hill country of Edom.

9. These are the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.

10-13. Esau's wife Adah bore him one son, Eliphaz, and Eliphaz had five sons: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. And by another wife, Timna, he had one more son, Amalek.Esau's wife Basemath bore him one son, Reuel, and Reuel had four sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

14. Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah son of Zibeon, bore him three sons: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

15. These are the tribes descended from Esau. Esau's first son Eliphaz was the ancestor of the following tribes: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

16. Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were all descendants of Esau's wife Adah.

17. Esau's son Reuel was the ancestor of the following tribes: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were all descendants of Esau's wife Basemath.

18. The following tribes were descended from Esau by his wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

19. All these tribes were descended from Esau.

20-21. The original inhabitants of the land of Edom were divided into tribes which traced their ancestry to the following descendants of Seir, a Horite: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

22. Lotan was the ancestor of the clans of Hori and Heman. (Lotan had a sister named Timna.)

23. Shobal was the ancestor of the clans of Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

24. Zibeon had two sons, Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness when he was taking care of his father's donkeys.)

25-26. Anah was the father of Dishon, who was the ancestor of the clans of Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. Anah also had a daughter named Oholibamah.

27. Ezer was the ancestor of the clans of Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

28. Dishan was the ancestor of the clans of Uz and Aran.

29-30. These are the Horite tribes in the land of Edom: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

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