Romans 9:13 ... God loved Jacob and God hated Esau
(Jacob's twin brother). But God remembered the generations of Esau in
the Bible. God devoted an entire chapter in the Bible to the subject of
the generations of Esau. Since God did this, certainly I can read it.
1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of
Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of
Zibeon the Hivite; 3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of
Nebajoth.
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 5
And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah:these are the sons of
Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
6 And Esau took
his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his
house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which
he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the
face of his brother Jacob. 7 For their riches were more than that they
might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not
bear them because of their cattle. 8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir:Esau
is Edom.
(This is
so interesting, for Jacob fled from Esau because of the birthright Esau
had sold to Jacob but had blamed Jacob for stealing from him and
therefore Esau had planned in his heart to kill Jacob. But Jacob fled
before Esau could kill him. Jacob lived in Laban's land for 20 years
then God told Jacob to return to the land where he had lived with Esau.
Jacob was afraid but did what God said and returned. Esau came
out to meet him and accepted his return. When the land would not
support both brothers, Esau was the one who moved from the land, not
Jacob. The elder brother yielded to the younger brother and the younger
ruled over the elder just as the Word said would happen.)
9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz
the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife
of Esau. 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam,
and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she
bare to Eliphaz Amalek:these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. 13 And
these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and
Mizzah:these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
14 And these
were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of
Zibeon, Esau's wife:and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
15
These were dukes of the sons of Esau:the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn
son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 16 Duke
Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek:these are the dukes that came of
Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
17 And
these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke
Shammah, duke Mizzah:these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land
of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
18 And these
are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke
Korah:these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah,
Esau's wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are
their dukes.
20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited
the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 21 And Dishon, and
Ezer, and Dishan:these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of
Seir in the land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and
Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. 23 And the children of Shobal were
these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 And these are
the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah:this was that Anah that
found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his
father.
25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah
the daughter of Anah. 26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan,
and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 27 The children of Ezer are these;
Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. 28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz,
and Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan,
duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke
Dishan:these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the
land of Seir.
31 And these are the kings that
reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the
children of Israel. 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom:and the
name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of
Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 34 And Jobab died, and Husham of
the land of Temani reigned in his stead. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad
the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his
stead:and the name of his city was Avith. 36 And Hadad died, and Samlah
of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 37 And Samlah died, and Saul of
Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 38 And Saul died, and
Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 39 And Baalhanan the
son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead:and the name of his
city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred,
the daughter of Mezahab.
40 And these are the names of the dukes that
came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their
names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 41 Duke Aholibamah, duke
Elah, duke Pinon, 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 43 Duke
Magdiel, duke Iram:these be the dukes of Edom, according to their
habitations in the land of their possession:he is Esau the father of the Edomites.