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Genesis 36:5-23 Modern English Version (MEV)

5. and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

6. Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the people of his house, his livestock, all his animals, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and he moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob.

7. For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were foreigners could not sustain them because of their livestock.

8. So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.

9. These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

10. These are the names of Esau’s sons:Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, and Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.

11. The sons of Eliphaz wereTeman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

12. Timna was a concubine to Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These were the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.

13. These are the sons of Reuel:Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

14. These were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she bore to EsauJeush, Jalam, and Korah.

15. These were chiefs of the sons of Esau.The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau wereChief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz,

16. Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These are the chiefs who came from Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These were the sons of Adah.

17. These were the sons of Reuel Esau’s son:Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs who came from Reuel in the land of Edom. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

18. These were the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife:Chief Jeush, Chief Jalam, and Chief Korah. These were the chiefs who came from Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.

19. These were the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these were their chiefs.

20. These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land:Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

21. Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

22. The children of Lotan wereHori and Homam, and Lotan’s sister was Timna.

23. The children of Shobal were these:Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

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