80 | Genesis 35:27
27 Ja cob came home to his fa ther Isaac in Mamre , d near Kiriath Arba e
( that is , He bron ), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed . 28 Isaac lived a hun dred and eighty years . f 29 Then he breathed his last and died and was gath ered to his peo ple , g old and full of years . h And his sons Esau and Ja cob bur ied him . i
Esau ’ s Descendants
36:10-14pp — 1Ch 1:35-37 36:20-28pp — 1Ch 1:38-42
This is the ac count of the fam ily line of Esau ( that is , Edom ). j
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2 Esau took his wives from the women of Ca naan : k Adah daugh ter of Elon the Hittite , l and Oholibamah daughter of Anah m and grand daugh ter of Zib eon the Hi vite — 3 also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth .
4 Adah bore El i phaz to Esau , Bas e math bore Reuel , n 5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush , Ja lam and Ko rah . These were the sons of Esau , who were born to him in Ca naan .
6 Esau took his wives and sons and daugh ters and all the mem bers of his household , as well as his live stock and all his other an i mals and all the goods he had acquired in Ca naan , o and moved to a land some dis tance from his brother Ja cob . 7 Their pos ses sions were too great for them to re main to gether ; the land where they were stay ing could not sup port them both be cause of their live stock . p 8 So Esau q ( that is , Edom ) set tled in the hill coun try of Seir . r
9 This is the ac count of the fam ily line of Esau the fa ther of the Edom ites in the hill country of Seir .
10 These are the names of Esau ’ s sons : El i phaz , the son of Esau ’ s wife Adah , and Reuel , the son of Esau ’ s wife Bas e math .
11 The sons of Eliphaz : s
Teman , t
Omar , Ze pho , Ga tam and Ke naz . 12 Esau ’ s son El i phaz also had a con cu bine named Timna , who bore him Am a lek . u
These were grandsons of Esau ’ s wife Adah . v
13 The sons of Reuel : Na hath , Ze rah , Sham mah and Miz zah . These were grand sons of Esau ’ s wife Basemath .
14 The sons of Esau ’ s wife Ohol i ba mah daugh ter of Anah and grand daugh ter of Zib eon , whom she bore to Esau :
Jeush , Jalam and Korah .
15 These were the chiefs w among Esau ’ s descendants : The sons of El i phaz the first born of Esau :
Chiefs Teman , x
Omar , Ze pho , Ke naz , 16 Korah , a
Gatam and Amalek . These were the chiefs de scended from El i phaz in Edom ; they were grand sons of Adah . y
17 The sons of Esau ’ s son Reuel : z Chiefs Na hath , Ze rah , Sham mah and Miz zah . These were the chiefs de scended from Reuel in Edom ; they were grand sons of Esau ’ s wife Bas e math .
18 The sons of Esau ’ s wife Oholibamah : Chiefs Jeush , Jalam and Korah . These were the chiefs descended from Esau ’ s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah . 19 These were the sons of Esau ( that is , Edom ), a and these were their chiefs .
a 16 Masoretic Text ; Samaritan Pentateuch ( also verse 11 and 1 Chron . 1:36 ) does not have Korah .
35:27 d Ge 13:18 ; 18:1 e Jos 14:15
35:28 f Ge 25:7 , 20
35:29 g Ge 25:8 ; 49:33 h Ge 15:15 i Ge 25:9
36:1 j Ge 25:30
36:2 k Ge 28:8-9 l Ge 26:34 m ver 25
36:4 n 1Ch 1:35 36:6 o Ge 12:5
36:7 p Ge 13:6 ; 17:8 ; 28:4
36:8 q Dt 2:4 r Ge 32:3
36:11 s ver 15-16 ; Job 2:11 t Am 1:12 ; Hab 3:3
36:12 u Ex 17:8 , 16 ; Nu 24:20 ; 1Sa 15:2 v ver 16
36:15 w Ex 15:15 x Job 2:11
36:16 y ver 12 36:17 z 1Ch 1:37 36:19 a Ge 25:30 his father ’ s favor fails ( see 37:21 – 22 and note ). concubine . See note on 25:1 . 35:27 Mamre , near Kiriath Arba ( that is , Hebron ). See 13:18 ; 23:2 and note . Jacob follows in the footsteps of Abraham and Isaac . As ch . 35 reveals , Jacob is the one through whom God ’ s promises to the patriarchs will move toward fulfillment . Isaac witnesses the return of Jacob to Hebron , having sent him away to Paddan Aram 20 years previously . 35:28 – 29 This report of Isaac ’ s death and burial ( see also 49:29 – 31 ) concludes 25:19 — 35:29 .
36:1 – 30 Esau ’ s Descendants . Before recounting events associated mainly with Jacob ’ s sons , this passage provides some further information concerning Esau and his descendants . Genesis sometimes gives information about less important figures first ( e . g ., 4:17 – 24 ; 25:12 – 18 ). 36:1 This is the account of the family line of . See note on 2:4 . Esau ( that is , Edom ). See 25:30 . 36:2 – 3 The names of Esau ’ s wives differ from those recorded in 26:34 ; 28:9 . A variety of explanations may account for the variations : ( 1 ) the same woman may have been known by different names , ( 2 ) different women may have shared the same name , and ( 3 ) Esau may have had more than three wives . 36:6 – 8 The reason for Esau ’ s separation from
Jacob echoes the earlier account of Abraham and Lot parting company ( 13:5 – 6 ). 36:9 This is the account of . Although this duplicates the heading that introduces ch . 36 , this verse underlines in particular Esau ’ s association with the hill country of Seir , which lay to the east of the Arabah . 36:12 concubine . See note on 25:1 . Timna . Also mentioned in v . 22 , she was a native of Seir and a sister of various tribal leaders . 36:15 chiefs . This emphasizes the identity of the tribal leaders descended from Esau . Esau has five sons and ten grandchildren ( vv . 9 – 14 ), from whom 14 tribes descend ( vv . 15 – 29 ).