Genesis 36

Genesis 36:1

These were the descendants of Esau (also called Edom)

"This is an account of the descendants of Esau, who is also called Edom"

Genesis 36:2

Adah ... Oholibamah

These are names of Esau's wives.

Elon the Hittite

"Elon the descendant of Heth" or "Elon a descendant of Heth." This is the name of a man. See how you translate this in Genesis 26:34.

Anah ... Zibeon

These are names of men.

Hivite

This refers to a larger group of people. See how you translated it in Genesis 10:17.

Genesis 36:3

Nebaioth

a man's name

Basemath

This is the name of one of Esau's wives. See how you translated this in Genesis 26:34.

Nebaioth

This is the name of one of Ishmael's sons. See how you translated this in Genesis 28:9.

Genesis 36:4

Eliphaz ... Reuel

These are names of Esau's sons.

Genesis 36:5

Jeush ... Jalam ... Korah

These are names of Esau's sons.

Genesis 36:6

which he had gathered in the land of Canaan

"which he had accumulated while living in the land of Canaan"

went into a land

"went to live in another land"

Genesis 36:7

their possessions

"Esau's and Jacob's possessions"

where they were sojourning

"where they were living as foreigners"

Genesis 36:9

in the hill country of Seir

"who lived in the hill country of Seir"

Genesis 36:11

Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz

These are names of the sons of Eliphaz.

Genesis 36:12

Amalek

a son of Eliphaz

Timna

This is the name of Eliphaz's concubine.

Genesis 36:13

Nahath ... Zerah ... Shammah ... Mizzah

These are names of Reuel's sons.

Genesis 36:14

Anah ... Zibeon

These are the names of men.

Genesis 36:18

Anah

This the name of a man.

Genesis 36:20

Seir

The word "Seir" is the name of a man and of a country.

the Horite

The word "Horite" refers to a people group.

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah

These are names of men.

Genesis 36:21

Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan

These are names of men.

Genesis 36:22

Lotan ... Hori and Heman

These are names of men.

Timna

This is the name of a woman.

Genesis 36:23

Shobal

This is the name of man.

Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam

These are names of men.

Genesis 36:24

Zibeon

This is the name of a man.

Aiah and Anah

These are names of men.

Genesis 36:26

Dishon ... Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran

These are names of men.

Genesis 36:27

Ezer ... Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan

These are names of men.

Genesis 36:28

Dishan ... Uz and Aran

These are names of men.

Genesis 36:30

in the land of Seir

"of those who lived in the land of Seir"

Genesis 36:32

Bela ... Beor

These are names of men.

Dinhabah

This is the name of a place.

Genesis 36:33

Bela ... Jobab ... Zerah

These are names of men.

Bozrah

This is the name of a place.

reigned in his place

"succeeded Bela as king" or "became king after him"

Genesis 36:34

Husham

This is the name of a man.

Husham who was of the land of the Temanites

"Husham who lived in the land of the Temanites"

Temanites

descendants of a man named Teman

Genesis 36:35

Husham ... Hadad ... Bedad

These are names of men.

Avith

These are names of places.

Genesis 36:36

Hadad ... Samlah

These are names of men.

Samlah of Masrekah

"Samlah from Masrekah"

Masrekah

These are names of places.

Genesis 36:37

Samlah

This is the name of a man.

Genesis 36:38

Shaul ... Baal-Hanan ... Akbor

These are names of men.

Genesis 36:39

Baal-Hanan ... Akbor ... Hadar ... Matred ... Me-Zahab

These are names of men.

Pau

These are names of places.

Mehetabel

This is the name of a woman.

the daughter of Matred, the granddaughter of Me-Zahab

"she was the daughter of Matred, and the granddaughter of Me-Zahab"

Genesis 36:40

according to their clans and their regions, by their names

"the names of their clans and the regions where they lived were named after them. These are their names"

Timna, Alvah, Jetheth

These are names of people groups.

Genesis 36:41

Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon

These are names of people groups.

Genesis 36:42

Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar

These are names of people groups.

Genesis 36:43

Magdiel, and Iram

These are names of people groups.

their settlements

"their dwelling places" or "the places they lived"

This was Esau

"This is the list of the descendants of Esau"