Genesis 36
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
2Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
3And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
5And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
6And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
7For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
9And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
10These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
11And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
13And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
14And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
15These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
16Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
17And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
18And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
19These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
21And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
22And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
23And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
25And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
28The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
29These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
30Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
31And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
32And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
34And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
35And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
36And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
38And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
40And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
41Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
43Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אַלּוּףʼallûwphH44143× in this chapter
familiar; a friend, also gentle; hence, a bullock (as being tame; applied, although masculine, to a cow); and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle)
- בֵּןbênH112134× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אֵלֶּהʼêl-lehH42831× in this chapter
these or those
- עֵשָׂוʻÊsâvH621525× in this chapter
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
- אֵתʼêthH85324× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בַּתbathH132312× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH77612× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- אֱדֹםʼĔdômH12311× in this chapter
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH80211× in this chapter
a woman
- מָלַךְmâlakH442710× in this chapter
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
- עֲנָהʻĂnâhH60349× in this chapter
Anah, the name of two Edomites and one Edomitess
- אׇהֳלִיבָמָהʼOhŏlîybâmâhH1737× in this chapter
Oholibamah, a wife of Esau
- מוּתmûwthH41917× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- אֱלִיפַזʼĔlîyphazH4647× in this chapter
Eliphaz, the name of one of Job's friends, and of a son of Esau
- שֵׁםshêmH80347× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- תַּחַתtachathH84787× in this chapter
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
- הָיָהhâyâhH19616× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- יָלַדyâladH32056× in this chapter
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- צִבְעוֹןTsibʻôwnH66496× in this chapter
Tsibon, an Idumaean
- בׇּשְׂמַתBosmathH13155× in this chapter
Bosmath, the name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of Solomon
- הוּאhûwʼH19315× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- עָדָהʻÂdâhH57115× in this chapter
Adah, the name of two women
- רְעוּאֵלRᵉʻûwʼêlH74675× in this chapter
Reuel, the name of Moses' father-in-law, also of an Edomite and an Israelite
- שֵׂעִירSêʻîyrH81655× in this chapter
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
- בַּעַל חָנָןBaʻal ChânânH11774× in this chapter
Baal-Chanan, the name of an Edomite, also of an Israelite
- דִּישָׁןDîyshânH17894× in this chapter
Dishan, an Edomite
- לוֹטָןLôwṭânH38774× in this chapter
Lotan, an Idumaean
- קֹרַחQôrachH71414× in this chapter
Korach, the name of two Edomites and three Israelites
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8344× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אָבʼâbH13× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- דִּישׁוֹןDîyshôwnH17873× in this chapter
Dishon, the name of two Edomites
- זֶרַחZerachH22263× in this chapter
Zerach, the name of three Israelites, also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince
- חֹרִיChôrîyH27523× in this chapter
a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean
- יְעוּשׁYᵉʻûwshH32663× in this chapter
Jeush, the name of an Edomite and of four Israelites
- יַעְלָםYaʻlâmH32813× in this chapter
Jalam, an Edomite
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34273× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כְּנַעַןKᵉnaʻanH36673× in this chapter
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
- עִירʻîyrH58923× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64403× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)