chapter 36

1. This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).

2. Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite -

3. also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

4. Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

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

6. Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob.

7. Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.

8. So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

9. This is the account of the family line 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 Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

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

12. Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

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

14. The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam and Korah.

15. These were the chiefs among Esau’s descendants: The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

16. Korah, Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.

17. The sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

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), and these were their chiefs.

20. These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

21. Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.

22. The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.

23. The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

24. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs in the desert while he was grazing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.

25. The children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

26. The sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.

27. The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.

28. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

29. These were the Horite chiefs: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

30. Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.

31. These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:

32. Bela son of Beor became king of Edom. His city was named Dinhabah.

33. When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.

34. When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.

35. When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.

36. When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.

37. When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king.

38. When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.

39. When Baal-Hanan son of Akbor died, Hadad succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.

40. These were the chiefs descended from Esau, by name, according to their clans and regions: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

41. Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,

42. Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

43. Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they occupied. This is the family line of Esau, the father of the Edomites.

chapter 37

1. Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

2. This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

3. Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him.

4. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

5. Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

6. He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had:

7. We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it."

8. His brothers said to him, "Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?" And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.

9. Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. "Listen," he said, "I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

10. When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, "What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?"

11. His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.