< Genesis 36 >

1 (Here is/I will now give you) a list of the descendants of Esau, whose other name was Edom.
Forsothe these ben the generaciouns of Esau; he is Edom.
2 Esau married three women from the Canaan region: Adah, the daughter of Elon from the Heth people-group; Oholibamah, who was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon from the Hiv people-group;
Esau took wyues of the douytris of Canaan, Ada, the douytir of Elom Ethey, and Oolibama, the douyter of Ana, sone of Sebeon Euey; also Bathsemath,
3 and Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
the douytir of Ismael, the sistir of Nabioth.
4 Esau’s wife Adah gave birth to Eliphaz. Basemath gave birth to Reuel.
Forsothe Ada childide Elifath; Batsemath childide Rahuel; Oolibama childide Hieus,
5 Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons of Esau were born while he was living in the Canaan region.
and Hielon, and Chore. These weren the sones of Esau, that weren borun to hym in the lond of Canaan.
6 Jacob and Esau had very many possessions. The result was that they needed more land for their livestock. The land where they were living was not big enough for both of them. They had too much livestock. So Esau, whose other name was Edom, had taken his wives and sons and daughters and all the other members of his household, his sheep and goats and his other animals, and all the other things he had obtained in Canaan land, and they had moved to an area that was away from Jacob.
Sotheli Esau took hise wyues, and sones, and douytris, and ech soule of his hows, and catel, and scheep, and alle thingis whiche he `myyte haue in the lond of Canaan, and yede into anothir cuntrey, and departide fro his brother Jacob; for thei weren ful riche,
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and thei miyten not dwelle to gidere, and the erthe of her pilgrymage susteynede not hem, for the multitude of flockis.
8 They went to live in the Seir hilly area.
And Esau dwellide in the hil of Seir; he is Edom.
9 (Here is/I will now give you) another list of the male descendants of Esau. He was the ancestor of the Edom people-group who live in the Seir area.
Forsothe these weren the generaciouns of Esau, fader of Edom,
10 Esau’s wife Adah gave birth to Eliphaz, and Esau’s wife Basemath gave birth to Reuel.
in the hil of Seir, and these weren the names of hise sones. Elifath, sone of Ada, `wijf of Esau; also Rahuel sone of Bathsemath, `wijf of hym.
11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
And the sones of Elifath weren, Theman, Emath, Sephu, and Gathan, and Ceneth, and Chore.
12 Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a secondary wife). Her name was Timna. She gave birth to Amalek. Those six men were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
Forsothe Tanna was the secundarie wijf of Elifath, `sone of Esau, whiche Tanna childide to hym Amalech. These weren the sones of Ada, `wijf of Esau.
13 Reuel’s sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
Forsothe the sones of Rahuel weren, Naath, and Zara, and Semna, and Meza. These weren the sones of Bathsemath, `wijf of Esau.
14 Esau’s wife Oholibamah, who was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, gave birth to three sons: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
And these weren the sones of Oolibama, douyter of Ana, sone of Sebeon, `wijf of Esau, whiche sche childide to hym; Hieus, and Hielon, and Chore.
15 (Here is/I will now give you) a list of the people-groups who were descendants of Esau. His oldest son Eliphaz was the ancestor of the Teman people-group, the Omar people-group, the Zepho people-group, the Kenaz people-group,
These weren the dukis of the sones of Esau; the sones of Elifath first gendrid of Esau, duk Theman, duyk Omar,
16 the Korah people-group, the Gatam people-group, and the Amalek people-group. They were descendants of Eliphaz and of Esau’s wife Adah. They lived in the Edom region.
duk Sephua, duyk Ceneth, duyk Chore, duyk Dathan, duyk Amalech. These weren the sones of Eliphat, in the lond of Edom, and these weren the sones of Ada.
17 The sons of Esau’s son Reuel were ancestors of the Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah people-groups. They were descended from Esau’s wife Basemath. They also lived in Edom.
Also these weren the sones of Rahuel, `sone of Esau, duyk Naath, duyk Zara, duyk Senna, duyk Meza; forsothe these duykis weren of Rahuel in the lond of Edom. These weren the sones of Bathsamath, `wijf of Esau.
18 The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, whose mother was Anah, were ancestors of the Jeush, Jalam, and Korah people-groups.
Forsothe these weren the sones of Oolibama, `wijf of Esau; duyk Hieus, duyk Hielon, duyk Chore; these weren duykis of Oolibama, douytir of Ana, `wijf of Esau.
19 That is the list of the sons of Esau, and the people-groups who were their descendants.
These weren the sones of Esau, and thei weren duykis of hem; he is Edom.
20 (This is/I will now give you) a list of the descendants of Seir, who belonged to the Hor people-group, who were the first people-group who lived in the Edom region: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
These weren the sones of Seir Horrei, enhabiteris of the lond; Jothan, and Sobal, and Sebeon,
21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. Those seven men became ancestors of people-groups. Each of the people-groups had the same name as the name of their ancestor.
and Anam, and Dison, and Eser, and Disan; these duikis weren of Horrey, sone of Seir, in the lond of Edom.
22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
Forsothe the sones of Jothan weren maad, Horrey, and Theman; sotheli the sistir of Jothan was Tanna.
23 The sons of Shobal were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
And these weren the sones of Sobal; Aluan, and Maneeth, and Ebal, Sephi, and Onam.
24 The sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah. This Anah was the one who discovered the hot springs in the desert while he was taking care of his father Zibeon’s donkeys.
And these weren the sones of Sebeon; Achaia, and Ana; this is Ana that foonde hoote watris in wildirnesse, whanne he kepte the assis of Sebeon, his fadir;
25 Anah had two children—a son named Dishon and a daughter named Oholibamah.
and he hadde a sone Disan, and a douytir Oolibama.
26 Dishon’s sons were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.
And these weren the sones of Disan; Amadan, and Jesban, and Jethran, and Charan.
27 Ezer’s sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
Also these weren the sones of Heser; Baalan, and Zeuan, and Acham.
28 Dishan’s sons were Uz and Aran.
And Disan hadde sones, Hus, and Haran.
29 The people-groups who were descendants of Hor lived in the Seir/Edom region. The names of the people-groups are Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
These weren the duykis of Horreis; duyk Jothan, duyk Sobal, duyk Sebeon, duyk Ana, duyk Dison, duyk Heser, duik Disan;
these weren the duykis of Horreis, that weren lordis in the lond of Seir.
31 These are the names of the kings who ruled in Edom before any kings ruled over Israel.
Forsothe kyngis that regneden in the lond of Edom, bifore that the sones of Israel hadden a kyng, weren these;
32 Beor’s son Bela became the first king in Edom. The city where he lived was named Dinhabah.
Balach, the sone of Beor, and the name of his citee was Deneba.
33 When Bela died, Zerah’s son Jobab/became the king. He was from Bozrah [city].
Forsothe Balach diede, and Jobab, sone of Sara of Bosra, regnede for hym.
34 When Jobab died, Husham became the king. He was from the region where the Teman people-group lived.
And whanne Jobab was deed, Husam of the lond of Themayns regnede for hym.
35 When Husham died, Bedad’s son Hadan became the king. Husham’s army fought the army of the Midian people-group in the Moab region and defeated them. The city where Husham lived was Avith.
And whanne he was deed, Adad, the sone of Badadi, that smoot Madian in the lond of Moab, and the name of his citee was Abyuth, `regnede for him.
36 When Hadad died, Samlah became the king. He was from Masrekah [town].
And whanne Adad was deed, Semla of Maseracha regnede for hym.
37 When Samlah died, Shaul became the king. He was from Rehoboth [town] along the [Euphrates] river.
And whanne he was deed, Saul of the flood Robooth ragnede for hym.
38 When Shaul died, Achbor’s son Baal-Hanan became king.
And whanne he was deed, Balanam, the sone of Achobor, was successour in to the rewme.
39 When Achbor’s son Baal-Hanan died, Hadad became king. The city where he lived was named Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel. She was the daughter of Matred, who was the daughter of Me-Zahab.
And whanne this was deed, Adad regnede for hym, and the name of the citee of Adad was Phau, and the name of his wijf was clepid Meezabel, the douyter of Mathrect, douyter of Mesaab.
40 (Here is/I will now give you) a list of all the people-groups that were descendants of Esau: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, and Iram. They all lived in the Edom region. The land where each people-group lived got the same name as the name of the people-group.
Therfor these weren the names of duykis of Esau, in her kynredis, and places, and names; duyk Thanna, duyk Alua,
duyk Jetech, duyk Oolibama, duyk Ela,
duyk Phinon, duyk Ceneth, duik Theman,
duyk Mabsar, duyk Madiel, duyk Iram; these weren the duykis of Edom, dwelleris in the lond of hys lordschip; he was Esau, the fadir of Ydumeis.

< Genesis 36 >