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Genesis 36

36. Esau's Descendants

¹ This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).

    ² Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite— ³ also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

    ⁴ Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel, ⁵ and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.

    ⁶ Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob. ⁷ Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock. ⁸ So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

    ⁹ This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

    ¹⁰ These are the names of Esau’s sons:
   Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

    ¹¹ The sons of Eliphaz:
   Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.
    ¹² Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

    ¹³ The sons of Reuel:
   Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

    ¹⁴ The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau:
   Jeush, Jalam and Korah.

    ¹⁵ These were the chiefs among Esau’s descendants:

   The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau:
   Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, ¹⁶ Korah, Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not have Korah. Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.

    ¹⁷ The sons of Esau’s son Reuel:
   Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

    ¹⁸ The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah:
   Chiefs Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

    ¹⁹ These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.

    ²⁰ These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region:

   Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ²¹ Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.

    ²² The sons of Lotan:
   Hori and Homam. Hebrew Hemam, a variant of Homam (see 1 Chron. 1:39) Timna was Lotan’s sister.

    ²³ The sons of Shobal:
   Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

    ²⁴ The sons of Zibeon:
   Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs Vulgate; Syriac discovered water; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. in the desert while he was grazing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.

    ²⁵ The children of Anah:
   Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

    ²⁶ The sons of Dishon Hebrew Dishan, a variant of Dishon:
   Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.

    ²⁷ The sons of Ezer:
   Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.

    ²⁸ The sons of Dishan:
   Uz and Aran.

    ²⁹ These were the Horite chiefs:
   Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ³⁰ Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.

The Rulers of Edom

    ³¹ These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:

    ³² Bela son of Beor became king of Edom. His city was named Dinhabah.

    ³³ When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.

    ³⁴ When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.

    ³⁵ When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.

    ³⁶ When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.

    ³⁷ When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king.

    ³⁸ When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.

    ³⁹ When Baal-Hanan son of Akbor died, Hadad Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 1:50); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Hadar succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.

    ⁴⁰ These were the chiefs descended from Esau, by name, according to their clans and regions:

   Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ⁴¹ Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁴² Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁴³ Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they occupied.

   This is the family line of Esau, the father of the Edomites.

Mark 9:38-41

9. Transfiguration and More Miracles

³⁸ “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.”

   ³⁹ “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, ⁴⁰ for whoever is not against us is for us. ⁴¹ Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.

Causing to Stumble

   

Psalm 89:30-52

89. Psalm 89

³⁰ “If his sons forsake my law
   and do not follow my statutes,
³¹ if they violate my decrees
   and fail to keep my commands,
³² I will punish their sin with the rod,
   their iniquity with flogging;
³³ but I will not take my love from him,
   nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
³⁴ I will not violate my covenant
   or alter what my lips have uttered.
³⁵ Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
   and I will not lie to David—
³⁶ that his line will continue forever
   and his throne endure before me like the sun;
³⁷ it will be established forever like the moon,
   the faithful witness in the sky.”

    ³⁸ But you have rejected, you have spurned,
   you have been very angry with your anointed one.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant with your servant
   and have defiled his crown in the dust.
⁴⁰ You have broken through all his walls
   and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
⁴¹ All who pass by have plundered him;
   he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
   you have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³ Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
   and have not supported him in battle.
⁴⁴ You have put an end to his splendor
   and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵ You have cut short the days of his youth;
   you have covered him with a mantle of shame.

    ⁴⁶ How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever?
   How long will your wrath burn like fire?
⁴⁷ Remember how fleeting is my life.
   For what futility you have created all humanity!
⁴⁸ Who can live and not see death,
   or who can escape the power of the grave?
⁴⁹ Lord, where is your former great love,
   which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, how your servant has Or your servants have been mocked,
   how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
⁵¹ the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked,
   with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.

    ⁵² Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.