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The Old Testament

Genesis 36

ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ · 36

Brenton 36:1

And these are the generations of Esau; this is Edom.

Brenton 36:2

And Esau took to himself wives of the daughters of the Chananites; Ada, the daughter of Ælom the Chettite; and Olibema, daughter of Ana the son of Sebegon, the Evite;

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and Basemath, daughter of Ismael, sister of Nabaioth.

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And Ada bore to him Eliphas; and Basemath bore Raguel.

Brenton 36:5

And Olibema bore Jeus, and Jeglom, and Core; these are the sons of Esau, which were born to him in the land of Chanaan.

Brenton 36:6

And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and all his possessions, and all his cattle, and all that he had got, and all things whatsoever he had acquired in the land of Chanaan; and Esau went forth from the land of Chanaan, from the face of his brother Jacob.

Brenton 36:7

For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojourning could not bear them, because of the abundance of their possessions.

Brenton 36:8

And Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau, he is Edom.

Brenton 36:9

And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom in the mount Seir.

Brenton 36:10

And these are the names of the sons of Esau. Eliphas, the son of Ada, the wife of Esau; and Raguel, the son of Basemath, wife of Esau.

Brenton 36:11

And the sons of Eliphas were Thæman, Omar, Sophar, Gothom, and Kenez.

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And Thamna was a concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau; and she bore Amalec to Eliphas. These are the sons of Ada, the wife of Esau.

Brenton 36:13

And these are the sons of Raguel; Nachoth, Zare, Some, and Moze. These were the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau.

Brenton 36:14

And these are the sons of Olibema, the daughter of Ana, the son of Sebegon, the wife of Esau; and she bore to Esau, Jeus, and Jeglom, and Core.

Brenton 36:15

These are the chiefs of the son of Esau, even the sons of Eliphas, the first-born of Esau; chief Thæman, chief Omar, chief Sophar, chief Kenez,

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chief Core, chief Gothom, chief Amalec. These are the chiefs of Eliphas, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Ada.

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And these are the sons of Raguel, the son of Esau; chief Nachoth, chief Zare, chief Some, chief Moze. These are the chiefs of Raguel, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau.

Brenton 36:18

And these are the sons of Olibema, wife of Esau; chief Jeus, chief Jeglom, chief Core. These are the chiefs of Olibema, daughter of Ana, wife of Esau.

Brenton 36:19

These are the sons of Esau, and these are the chiefs; these are the sons of Edom.

Brenton 36:20

And these are the sons of Seir, the Chorrhite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, Sobal, Sebegon, Ana,

Brenton 36:21

and Deson, and Asar, and Rison. These are the chiefs of the Chorrhite, the son of Seir, in the land of Edom.

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And the sons of Lotan were Chorrhi and Hæman; and the sister of Lotan, Thamna.

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And these are the sons of Sobal; Golam, and Manachath, and Gæbel, and Sophar, and Omar.

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And these are the sons of Sebegon; Aïe, and Ana; this is the Ana who found Jamin in the wilderness, when he tended the beasts of his father Sebegon.

Brenton 36:25

And these are the sons of Ana; Deson—and Olibema was daughter of Ana.

Brenton 36:26

And these are the sons of Deson; Amada, and Asban, and Ithran, and Charrhan.

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And these are the sons of Asar; Balaam, and Zucam, and Jucam.

Brenton 36:28

And these are the sons of Rison; Hos, and Aran.

Brenton 36:29

And these are the chiefs of Chorri; chief Lotan, chief Sobal, chief Sebegon, chief Ana,

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chief Deson, chief Asar, chief Rison. These are the chiefs of Chorri, in their principalities in the land of Edom.

Brenton 36:31

And these are the kings which reigned in Edom, before a king reigned in Israel.

Brenton 36:32

And Balac, son of Beor, reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dennaba.

Brenton 36:33

And Balac died; and Jobab, son of Zara, from Bosorrha reigned in his stead.

Brenton 36:34

And Jobab died; and Asom, from the land of the Thæmanites, reigned in his stead.

Brenton 36:35

And Asom died; and Adad son of Barad, who cut off Madiam in the plain of Moab, ruled in his stead; and the name of his city was Getthaim.

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And Adad died; and Samada of Massecca reigned in his stead.

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And Samada died; and Saul of Rhoöboth by the river reigned in his stead.

Brenton 36:38

And Saul died; and Ballenon the son of Achobor reigned in his stead.

Brenton 36:39

And Ballenon the son of Achobor died; and Arad the son of Barad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Phogor; and the name of his wife was Metebeel, daughter of Matraith, son of Maizoöb.

Brenton 36:40

These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, in their tribes, according to their place, in their countries, and in their nations; chief Thamna, chief Gola, chief Jether,

Brenton 36:41

chief Olibema, chief Helas, chief Phinon,

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chief Kenez, chief Thæman, chief Mazar,

Brenton 36:43

chief Magediel, chief Zaphoin. These are the chiefs of Edom in their dwelling-places, in the land of their possession; this is Esau, the father of Edom.

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