Genesis 36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. - Free Bible Online

Genesis 36:1 Now these are [the records of] the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).


      Ge 36:1-43. POSTERITY OF ESAU.

      1. these are the generations--history of the leading men and events (compare Ge 2:4).
      Esau who is Edom--A name applied to him in reference to the peculiar color of his skin at birth [Ge 25:25], rendered more significant by his inordinate craving for the red pottage [Ge 25:30], and also by the fierce sanguinary character of his descendants (compare Eze 25:12; Ob 10).

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Brief Summary: The generations of Esau and their chiefs and settlements, Esau the father of the Edomites.

Outline
1 Esau's family in Canaan
6 Esau removes to Mount Seir
9 His descendants in Seir
20 The sons and chiefs of Seir
31 The kings of Edom
40 The chiefs that descended of Esau.

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