1. These are the descendants of Esau, also called Edom.
2. Esau married Canaanite women: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah son of Zibeon the Hivite;
3. and Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
4. Adah bore Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel;
5. and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.
10-13. Esau's wife Adah bore him one son, Eliphaz, and Eliphaz had five sons: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. And by another wife, Timna, he had one more son, Amalek.Esau's wife Basemath bore him one son, Reuel, and Reuel had four sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
20-21. The original inhabitants of the land of Edom were divided into tribes which traced their ancestry to the following descendants of Seir, a Horite: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
25-26. Anah was the father of Dishon, who was the ancestor of the clans of Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. Anah also had a daughter named Oholibamah.
29-30. These are the Horite tribes in the land of Edom: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
31-39. Before there were any kings in Israel, the following kings ruled over the land of Edom in succession:Bela son of Beor from DinhabahJobab son of Zerah from BozrahHusham from the region of TemanHadad son of Bedad from Avith (he defeated the Midianites in a battle in the country of Moab)Samlah from MasrekahShaul from Rehoboth-on-the-RiverBaal Hanan son of AchborHadad from Pau (his wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab)
40-43. Esau was the ancestor of the following Edomite tribes: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, and Iram. The area where each of these tribes lived was known by the name of the tribe.