JANUARY 16

 

Record of the Edomites

 

Before continuing with the history of the people descending through Jacob, the Genesis record pauses to give final mention to Esau (Edom) and his descendants. The Edomites, as they will soon be called, will live in the hill country of Seir, which lies southeast of the Dead Sea. They will become constant enemies of Jacob's descendants, the Israel­ites, and their opposition to God's chosen people will be so bitter over the years that Edom will become a symbol of unbelief and hostility to God. In the last days they will be singled out as a special object of God's punishment. This nation will spring from Esau and his three wives, whose names have already been cited in the Genesis record. In this account, additional names of two of his three wives are given: Adah (Mahalath), Oholibamah (Judith), and Basemath (as earlier given). The sheer length of this listing of Esau's descen­dants attests to how numerous and powerful the Edomites will become.

 

SONS OF ESAU.    Gen.36:1-5 This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).

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—also Basematn daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

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

 

EDOMITES INHABIT SEIR. Gen.36:6-8  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. Their possessions were too great for !hem to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock. So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

 

ESAU'S GRANDSONS.     This is the account of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

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  The sons of Eliphaz:

Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.

Esau's son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore  him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau's wife Adah.   The sons of Reuel:

Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of

Esau's wife Basemath.

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

 

THE CHIEFS OF EDOM.  Gen 36:15-19 These were the chiefs among Esau's descendants:

The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau:

Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, Korah,"1 Gatam and Amalek. . . These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.

The sons of Esau's son Reuel:

Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, ShammahandMizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau's wife Basemath. 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. These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.

 

PREDECESSORS IN SEIR. Gen. 36:20-30 These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region:

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons

of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.

The sons of Lotan:

Hori and Hormam." Timna was Lotan's sister

The sons of Shobal:

Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

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 is father Zibeon

 

 The children of Anah:

Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah. The sons of Dishon:

Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.

The sons of Ezer:

Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.

 

The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. These were the Horite chiefs:

 

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.

 

 

KINGS IN SEIR. Gen. 36:31-39   These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned :

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

Dinhabah.  When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as King. When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temarates succeeded

him as king. ,  When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in

the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.

When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king. When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the riverr succeeded him as king. When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Acbor succeeded him as king.

 

 

When Baal-Hanan son of Acbor 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.

 

CHIEFS BY DWELLING PLACES Gen36:40-43.  These were the chiefs descended from Esau, by name, according to their clans and regions:

Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel and Irani. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they occupied.

This was Esau the father of the Edomites.