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## Genesis 36:15-43 in Context (Verses 12–43 KJV)
 
 [12 ](/kjv/genesis/36/12) 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 ](/kjv/genesis/36/13) And these *are* the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
 
 [14 ](/kjv/genesis/36/14) ¶ 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 ](/kjv/genesis/36/15) ¶ 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 ](/kjv/genesis/36/16) 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 ](/kjv/genesis/36/17) ¶ 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 ](/kjv/genesis/36/18) ¶ 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 ](/kjv/genesis/36/19) These *are* the sons of Esau, who *is* Edom, and these *are* their dukes.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/genesis/36/20) ¶ These *are* the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
 
 [21 ](/kjv/genesis/36/21) And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these *are* the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/genesis/36/22) And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister *was* Timna.*
 
 [23 ](/kjv/genesis/36/23) And the children of Shobal *were* these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.**
 
 [24 ](/kjv/genesis/36/24) 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 ](/kjv/genesis/36/25) And the children of Anah *were* these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
 
 [26 ](/kjv/genesis/36/26) And these *are* the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.*
 
 [27 ](/kjv/genesis/36/27) The children of Ezer *are* these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.*
 
 [28 ](/kjv/genesis/36/28) The children of Dishan *are* these; Uz, and Aran.
 
 [29 ](/kjv/genesis/36/29) These *are* the dukes *that came* of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
 
 [30 ](/kjv/genesis/36/30) Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these *are* the dukes *that came* of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
 
 [31 ](/kjv/genesis/36/31) ¶ And these *are* the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
 
 [32 ](/kjv/genesis/36/32) And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city *was* Dinhabah.
 
 [33 ](/kjv/genesis/36/33) And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
 
 [34 ](/kjv/genesis/36/34) And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
 
 [35 ](/kjv/genesis/36/35) 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 ](/kjv/genesis/36/36) And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
 
 [37 ](/kjv/genesis/36/37) And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth *by* the river reigned in his stead.
 
 [38 ](/kjv/genesis/36/38) And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
 
 [39 ](/kjv/genesis/36/39) And Baal-hanan 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 ](/kjv/genesis/36/40) 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 ](/kjv/genesis/36/41) Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
 
 [42 ](/kjv/genesis/36/42) Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
 
 [43 ](/kjv/genesis/36/43) 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.*
 
[Genesis 35](/kjv/genesis/35) [Genesis 37](/kjv/genesis/37)

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