Genesis 35–36

35TH CHAPTER

Jacob’s Fifth Encounter with God

¹Then God said to Jacob, “Go to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there. I am the God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.” 

²So Jacob said to his family and those who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods which you have, wash yourselves until you are ritually clean,^aand change your clothes. ³Then let’s go to Bethel. I will make an altar there to God, who answered me when I was troubled and who has been with me wherever I’ve gone.” ⁴So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had in their possession as well as the earrings that they had on. Jacob buried these things under the oak tree near Shechem. 

⁵As they moved on, God made the people of the cities that were all around them terrified so that no one pursued them. ⁶Jacob and all the people who were with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. ⁷He built an altar there and called that place El Bethel ^[God of the House of God^[. That’s where God had revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his brother. ⁸Rebekah’s nurse Deborah died and was buried under the oak tree outside Bethel. So Jacob called it the Tree of Crying. 

Jacob’s Sixth Encounter with God—His Name Changed to Israel

⁹Then God appeared once more to Jacob after he came back from Paddan Aram, and he blessed him. ¹⁰God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. You will no longer be called Jacob, but your name will be Israel.” So he named him Israel. 

¹¹God also said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fertile, and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from you. ¹²I will give you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac. I will also give this land to your descendants.” ¹³Then God went up from him at the place where he had spoken with him. ¹⁴So Jacob set up a memorial, a stone marker, to mark the place where God had spoken with him. He poured a wine offering and olive oil on it. ¹⁵Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel ^[House of God^[. 

Jacob’s ^[Israel’s^[ Sons—1 Chronicles 2:1–2

¹⁶Then they moved on from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor and was having severe labor pains. ¹⁷During one of her pains, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid! You’re having another son!” ¹⁸Rachel was dying. As she took her last breath, she named her son Benoni ^[Son of My Sorrow^[, but his father named him Benjamin ^[Son of My Right Hand^[. 

¹⁹Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). ²⁰Then Jacob set up a stone as a marker for her grave. The same marker is at Rachel’s grave today. 

²¹Israel moved on again and put up his tent beyond Migdal Eder. ²²While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went to bed with his father’s concubine^bBilhah, and Israel heard about it. 

Jacob had 12 sons. 

²³The sons of Leah were 

Jacob’s firstborn Reuben, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 

²⁴The sons of Rachel were 

Joseph and Benjamin. 

²⁵The sons of Rachel’s slave Bilhah were 

Dan and Naphtali. 

²⁶The sons of Leah’s slave Zilpah were 

Gad and Asher. 

These were Jacob’s sons, who were born in Paddan Aram. 

²⁷Jacob came home to his father Isaac to Mamre’s city, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron). Abraham and Isaac had lived there for a while. ²⁸Isaac was 180 years old ²⁹when he took his last breath and died. He joined his ancestors in death at a very old age. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him. 

36TH CHAPTER

The Origin of Edom—1 Chronicles 1:35–54

¹This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom) and his descendants. ²Esau chose his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah, daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite; ³also Basemath, daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. ⁴Adah gave birth to Eliphaz for Esau, and Basemath gave birth to Reuel. ⁵Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born in Canaan. 

⁶Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the members of his household, his possessions, all his cattle, and everything he had accumulated in Canaan and went to another land away from his brother Jacob. ⁷He did this because they had too many possessions to live together. There wasn’t enough pastureland for all of their livestock. ⁸So Esau, who was also known as Edom, lived in the mountains of Seir. 

⁹This is the account of Esau and his descendants. He was the father of the people of Edom in the mountains of Seir. 

¹⁰These were the names of Esau’s sons: 

Eliphaz, son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel, son of Esau’s wife Basemath. 

¹¹The sons of Eliphaz were 

Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. ¹²Timna was a concubine^aof Esau’s son Eliphaz. She gave birth to Amalek for Eliphaz. These were the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah. 

¹³These were Reuel’s sons: 

Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath. 

¹⁴These were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. She gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah for Esau. 

¹⁵These were the tribal leaders among Esau’s descendants: 

The sons of Eliphaz, Esau’s firstborn, were 

Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, ¹⁶Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were the tribal leaders descended from Eliphaz in Edom. They were the grandsons of Adah. 

¹⁷These were the tribal leaders among the descendants of Esau’s son Reuel: 

Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the tribal leaders descended from Reuel in Edom. They were the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath. 

¹⁸These were the tribal leaders among the descendants of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: 

Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the tribal leaders descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, Anah’s daughter. 

¹⁹These were the descendants of Esau (that is, Edom), who were tribal leaders. 

²⁰These were the sons of Seir the Horite, the people living in that land: 

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

²²The sons of Lotan were 

Hori and Hemam. Lotan’s sister was Timna. 

²³These were the sons of Shobal: 

Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 

²⁴These were the sons of Zibeon: 

Aiah and Anah. (Anah found the hot springsin the desert while he was taking care of the donkeys that belonged to his father Zibeon.) 

²⁵These were the children of Anah: 

Dishon and Oholibamah, daughter of Anah. 

²⁶These were the sons of Dishon: 

Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 

²⁷These were the sons of Ezer: 

Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. 

²⁸These were the sons of Dishan: 

Uz and Aran. 

²⁹These were the Horite tribal leaders: 

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ³⁰Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the Horite tribal leaders in the land of Seir. 

³¹These were the kings who ruled Edom before any king ruled the people of Israel: 

³²Bela, son of Beor, ruled Edom. The name of his ⸤capital⸥ city was Dinhabah. 

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

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

³⁵After Husham died, Hadad, son of Bedad succeeded him as king. Hadad defeated the Midianites in the country of Moab. The name of his capital city was Avith. 

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

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

³⁸After Shaul died, Baal Hanan, son of Achbor, succeeded him as king. 

³⁹After Baal Hanan, son of Achbor, died, Hadar succeeded him as king, and the name of his capital city was Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab. 

⁴⁰These were the names of the tribal leaders descended from Esau, by family, place, and name: 

Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ⁴¹Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁴²Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁴³Magdiel, and Iram. 

These were the tribal leaders of Edom listed by the places where they lived and the property they owned. 

Esau was the father of the people of Edom.