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Gen. 36:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edome.

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Gen. 25:30• ³⁰And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, pray, with the red—the red thing there, for I [am] faint. Therefore they called his name Edom. (Gen. 25:30)

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Edom, Edomites, Idumea,

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1-5: Esau's three wives.

6-8: His removal to mount Seir.

9-14: His sons.

15-19: The dukes which descended of his sons.

20-23: The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite.

24-30: Anah finds mules.

31-39: The kings of Edom.

40-43: The dukes that descended of Esau.

A.M. 2208.

B.C. 1796.

Gen. 22:17• ¹⁷that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (Gen. 22:17)

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Gen. 25:24‑34• ²⁴And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, twins [were] in her womb.
²⁵And the first came out red all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
²⁶And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob; and Isaac [was] sixty years old when she bore them.
²⁷And the boys grew; and Esau became a man skillful in hunting, a man of the field, and Jacob an upright man dwelling in tents.
²⁸And Isaac loved Esau because venison was to his taste , and Rebekah loved Jacob.
²⁹And Jacob boiled a dish , and Esau came in from the field, and he [was] faint.
³⁰And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, pray, with the red—the red thing there, for I [am] faint. Therefore they called his name Edom.
³¹And Jacob said, Sell today thy birthright to me?
³²And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and what [is] this birthright to me?
³³And Jacob said, Swear to me today, and he swore to him; and sold his birthright to Jacob.
³⁴And Jacob gave to Esau bread and the dish of lentiles; and he ate and drank and rose up and went away: thus Esau despised the birthright. (Gen. 25:24‑34)

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Gen. 27:35‑41• ³⁵And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety and has taken away thy blessing.
³⁶And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: my birthright he took away; and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved for me a blessing?
³⁷And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren I have given him for servants; and corn and new wine have I supplied him; and what then shall I do for thee, my son?
³⁸And Esau said to his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, me also, my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
³⁹And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above;
⁴⁰and by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt rove about, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
⁴¹And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob. (Gen. 27:35‑41)

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Gen. 32:3‑7• ³And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother into the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
⁴And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord, to Esau: Thy servant Jacob speaketh thus. With Laban I have sojourned and tarried until now;
⁵and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
⁶And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
⁷Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the sheep and the herds and the camels, into two companies . (Gen. 32:3‑7)

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Num. 20:14‑21• ¹⁴And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us,
¹⁵how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians evil entreated us and our fathers;
¹⁶and when we cried to Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt; and behold, we are at Kadesh, a city at the extremity of thy border.
¹⁷Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country; we will not pass through fields, or through vineyards, neither will we drink water out of the wells: we will go by the king's road; we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.
¹⁸But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
¹⁹And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the high way; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then I will pay for it: I will only, without anything else, go through on my feet.
²⁰And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
²¹Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; and Israel turned away from him. (Num. 20:14‑21)

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Deut. 23:7• ⁷Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother. Thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land. (Deut. 23:7)

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1 Chron. 1:35• ³⁵The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. (1 Chron. 1:35)

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Isa. 63:1• ¹Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this [that is] glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. (Isa. 63:1)

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Ezek. 25:12• ¹²Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; (Ezek. 25:12)

• The apostate world establishes itself in power, while the heirs of promise are still poor pilgrims upon the earth. (“Genesis 36” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And these are the generations of Esau, that is Edom.

W. Kelly Translation

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And these are the generations of Esau, that is Edom.