Genesis 36:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now these are the generations of Esau, that is to say, Edom.

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  • Gen 22:17 : 17 That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
  • Gen 25:24-34 : 24 And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body. 25 And the first came out red from head to foot like a robe of hair, and they gave him the name of Esau. 26 And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them. 27 And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. 28 Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob. 29 And one day Jacob was cooking some soup when Esau came in from the fields in great need of food; 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom. 31 And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright. 32 And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me? 33 And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.
  • Gen 27:35-41 : 35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing. 36 And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me? 37 And Isaac answering said, But I have made him your master, and have given him all his brothers for servants; I have made him strong with grain and wine: what then am I to do for you, my son? 38 And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping. 39 Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be: 40 By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck. 41 So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.
  • Gen 32:3-7 : 3 Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom; 4 And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban: 5 And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes. 6 When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;
  • Num 20:14-21 : 14 Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You have knowledge of all the things we have been through; 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers: 16 And the Lord gave ear to the voice of our cry, and sent an angel and took us out of Egypt: and now we are in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your land; 17 Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, till we have gone past the limits of your land. 18 And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword. 19 And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more. 20 But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army. 21 So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.
  • Deut 23:7 : 7 But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.
  • 1 Chr 1:35 : 35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel and Jeush and Jalam and Korah.
  • Isa 63:1 : 1 Who is this who comes from Edom, with blood-red robes from Bozrah? he whose clothing is fair, stepping with pride in his great strength? I whose glory is in the right, strong for salvation.
  • Ezek 25:12 : 12 This is what the Lord has said: Because Edom has taken his payment from the people of Judah, and has done great wrong in taking payment from them;

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  • Gen 36:8-21
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    92%

    8 So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).

    9 And 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 Esau's wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife Basemath.

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

    12 And Eliphaz, the son of Esau, had connection with a woman named Timna, who gave birth to Amalek: all these were the children of Esau's wife Adah.

    13 And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: they were the children of Esau's wife Basemath.

    14 And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon: she was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

    15 These were the chiefs among the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz, Esau's first son: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

    16 Korah, Gatam, Amalek: all these were chiefs in the land of Edom, the offspring of Eliphaz, the seed of Adah.

    17 And these are the sons of Esau's son Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah: these were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom, the children of Esau's wife Basemath.

    18 And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah: these were the chiefs who came 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 are the sons of Seir the Horite who were living in that country; Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

    21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan: these are the chiefs of the Horites, offspring of Seir in the land of Edom.

  • Gen 36:40-43
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    40 These are the names of the chiefs of Esau in the order of their families and their places: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

    41 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,

    42 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

    43 Magdiel, Iram; these are the Edomite chiefs, in their places in their heritage; this is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

  • 1 Chr 1:34-36
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    34 And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

    35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel and Jeush and Jalam and Korah.

    36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman and Omar, Zephi and Gatam, Kenaz and Timna and Amalek.

  • Gen 36:4-6
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    4 Adah had a son Eliphaz; and Basemath was the mother of Reuel;

    5 Oholibamah was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the sons of Esau, whose birth took place in the land of Canaan.

    6 Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his beasts and his cattle and all his goods which he had got together in the land of Canaan, and went into the land of Seir, away from his brother Jacob.

  • Gen 36:2
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    2 Esau's wives were women of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

  • 1 Chr 1:52-54
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    52 The chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the chief of Pinon,

    53 The chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of Mibzar,

    54 The chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

  • Gen 36:30-31
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    30 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. Such were the Horite chiefs in their order in the land of Seir.

    31 And these are the kings who were ruling in the land of Edom before there was any king over the children of Israel.

  • Gen 25:25-26
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    25 And the first came out red from head to foot like a robe of hair, and they gave him the name of Esau.

    26 And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

  • Gen 25:19
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    19 Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:

  • Gen 28:8
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    8 It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,

  • Gen 25:30
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    30 And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.

  • Gen 33:16
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    16 So Esau, turning back that day, went on his way to Seir.

  • Gen 32:3
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    3 Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;

  • 1 Chr 1:28
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    28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

  • Matt 1:2
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    2 The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers;