1Det følgende er Esaus historie, han som også blev kaldt Edom:2Esau giftede sig med to kana’anæiske piger: Ada, en datter af hittitten Elon, og Oholibama, en datter af Ana og barnebarn af hivvitten Zibon.3Han giftede sig også med sin kusine Basemat, en datter af Ishmael og søster til Nebajot.4Esau og Ada fik en søn, der blev kaldt Elifaz. Esau og Basemat fik en søn, der blev kaldt Reuel.5Esau og Oholibama fik tre sønner, der fik navnene Jeush, Jalam og Kora. Alle disse sønner blev født i Kana’ans land.6Senere tog Esau sine koner, sine sønner, sine døtre, hele sin husstand og besætning og alt, hvad han havde samlet sig i Kana’ans land, og flyttede til et andet land af frygt for sin bror Jakob.7Deres husdyr var jo også blevet alt for mange til, at de som fremmede kunne bo samme sted som de fastboende. Der var slet ikke græs nok.8Esau slog sig derfor ned i Seirs bjergland.9Her følger en liste over Esaus efterkommere, edomitterne, som bor i Seirs bjergland:10-13Ada fødte som sagt Esau en søn, der fik navnet Elifaz, og han fik fem sønner: Teman, Omar, Zefo, Gatam og Kenaz. Elifaz havde også en kone, som hed Timna, og med hende fik han sønnen Amalek. Esau og hans kone Basemat fik sønnen Reuel, og han fik fire sønner: Nahat, Zerach, Shamma og Mizza.14Esaus kone Oholibama, en datter af Zibons søn Ana, fødte tre sønner: Jeush, Jalam og Kora.15-16Esaus sønner og sønnesønner blev stamfædre for de forskellige stammer blandt Edoms folk. De stammer, der er kendt under navnene Teman, Omar, Zefo, Kenaz, Kora, Gatam og Amalek, nedstammer alle fra Elifaz, Esaus og Adas ældste søn.17De stammer, der er kendt under navnene Nahat, Zerach, Shamma og Mizza, nedstammer alle fra Reuel, Esaus og Basemats søn.18-19Desuden er der stammerne Jeush, Jalam og Kora, opkaldt efter de sønner, som Esau fik med sin kone Oholibama, Anas datter.
Edoms oprindelige indbyggere
20-21Her følger en liste med navnene på de stammer, som oprindeligt boede i Seirs land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibon, Ana, Dishon, Etzer og Dishan. De er efterkommere af og har navn efter horitten Seirs sønner.22Lotan, Seirs søn, havde følgende sønner: Hori og Hemam. Lotan havde også en søster ved navn Timna.23Shobals sønner hed Alvan, Manahat, Ebal, Shefo og Onam.24Zibons sønner hed Ajja og Ana. Det var Ana, som opdagede en varm kilde i ørkenen, dengang han vogtede sin fars æsler.25Anas børn var sønnen Dishon og datteren Oholibama.26Dishons sønner hed Hemdan, Eshban, Jitran og Keran.27Etzers sønner hed Bilhan, Za’avan og Akan.28Dishans sønner hed Utz og Aran.29-30Horitternes stammer i Seirs land hed altså: Lotan, Shobal, Zibon, Ana, Dishon, Etzer og Dishan.
De oprindelige konger i Seirs land
31-39Endnu før der var konger i Israel, herskede følgende konger i det, der nu hedder Edom: Først Bela, Beors søn, fra byen Dinhaba. Da han døde, efterfulgtes han af Jobab, Zerachs søn fra Botzra. Da Jobab døde, efterfulgtes han af Husham fra temanitternes område. Da Husham døde, blev Hadad konge. Han var søn af Bedad og kom fra byen Avit. Det var ham, der besejrede midjanitternes hær i Moabs land. Da Hadad døde, blev Samla fra Masreka konge. Da han døde, blev Shaul fra flodbyen Rehobot konge. Da han døde, blev Ba’al-Hanan, Ahbors søn, konge. Da han døde, blev Hadar fra Pau konge. Hans kone hed Mehetabel og var datter af Matred, som igen var datter af Mezahab.40Slægtsoverhovederne i Esaus slægt hed Timna, Alva, Jetet,41Oholibama, Ela, Pinon,42Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,43Magdiel og Iram. Det område, som hver enkelt slægt boede i, overtog efterhånden slægtens navn.
1These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). (1.Mos 25,30)2Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter[1] of Zibeon the Hivite, (1.Mos 26,34; 1.Mos 36,14; 1.Mos 36,18; 1.Mos 36,25)3and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. (1.Mos 28,9)4And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel; (1.Mos 36,10; 1.Krøn 1,35)5and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.6Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob.7For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock. (1.Mos 13,6; 1.Mos 17,8; 1.Mos 23,4; 1.Mos 28,4; 1.Mos 37,1; Heb 11,9)8So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is Edom.) (1.Mos 32,3; 1.Mos 36,1; 1.Mos 36,19)9These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir. (1.Mos 36,43)10These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. (1.Mos 36,4)11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.12(Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife. (4.Mos 24,20; 1.Sam 15,2)13These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.14These are the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. (1.Mos 36,2)15These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, (1.Mos 36,11; 2.Mos 15,15)16Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.17These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: the chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife. (1.Mos 36,13)18These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: the chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the chiefs born of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife. (1.Mos 36,14)19These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs. (1.Mos 36,1; 1.Mos 36,8)20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, (1.Mos 14,6; 5.Mos 2,12; 5.Mos 2,22; 1.Krøn 1,38)21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.22The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.23These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.24These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father.25These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. (1.Mos 36,2)26These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.27These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.28These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.29These are the chiefs of the Horites: the chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, (1.Mos 36,20)30Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, chief by chief in the land of Seir.31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites. (1.Krøn 1,43)32Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Dinhabah.33Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.34Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.35Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith.36Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.37Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates[2] reigned in his place. (1.Mos 26,22)38Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.39Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place, the name of his city being Pau; his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.40These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their clans and their dwelling places, by their names: the chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,41Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, (4.Mos 33,42)42Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,43Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of Edom), according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession. (1.Mos 36,9)