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Genesis 36

Chapter 36

The generations of Esau detailed.  He has three wives and five sons.  He becomes wealthy, and decides to leave Canaan because there is not enough room for both he and Israel.  He leaves and goes to Seir (Esau is Edom).


Esau's oldest son was Eliphaz.  Two of his sons are Korah and Amalek.  The Amalekites?  Checked MSB but no note there.


We get a lot of detail on the sons of Esau, of the chiefs that were in Seir and their lineage, and then we get a long passage about the kings who reigned in Edom, before any king reigned over Israel.  Not sure why we get all this detail, but there has to be some reason.


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