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Esau

159 verses · 11 family members

Also known as: Edom

Verses Mentioning Esau

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  1. And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.

  2. And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

  3. And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

  4. these 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.

  5. And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.

  6. And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

  7. And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

  8. These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the first-born of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

  9. chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

  10. And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

  11. And these are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.

  12. These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs: the same is Edom.

  13. and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

  14. And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

  15. And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

  16. And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,

  17. chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

  18. Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.

  19. And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

  20. And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against thee.

  21. And he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

  22. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

  23. And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

  24. And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

  25. And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, who were his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.