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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, I pray thee, with the red--the red thing there, for I am faint. Therefore was his name called 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• ¹⁷I will richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on 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, there were twins 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 they were born.
²⁷And the boys grew, and Esau became a man skilled in hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob was a homely man, dwelling in tents.
²⁸And Isaac loved Esau, because venison was to his taste; and Rebecca loved Jacob.
²⁹And Jacob had cooked a dish; and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.
³⁰And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with the red--the red thing there, for I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom.
³¹And Jacob said, Sell me now thy birthright.
³²And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and of what use can the birthright be to me?
³³And Jacob said, Swear unto me now. And he swore unto him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
³⁴And Jacob gave Esau bread and the dish of lentils; 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 subtilty, and has taken away thy blessing.
³⁶And he said, Is it not therefore he was named Jacob, for he has supplanted me now twice? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
³⁷And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and new wine have I supplied him--and what can I do now for thee, my son?
³⁸And Esau said to his father, Hast thou then 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, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, 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 rovest 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 his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom.
⁴And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord, to Esau: Thy servant Jacob speaks thus--With Laban have I 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 favour in thine eyes.
⁶And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
⁷Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops. (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 sojourner 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, travelling 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 Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath made himself very guilty, 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.