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Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

Then Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and all his household, and his livestock and all his cattle and all his acquired goods, which he had accumulated in the land of Canaan, and he went to a land away from his brother Jacob.

These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah—he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness when he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.

And Bela the son of Beor became king in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place.

Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place.

Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck down Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

Then Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.

Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the River became king in his place.

Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place.

Then Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar became king in his place; and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought back an evil report about them to their father.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic.

And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and so they hated him and could not speak to him in peace.

Then Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; so they hated him even more.

Then his brothers said to him, "Are you really going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

Then he had still another dream and recounted it to his brothers and said, "Behold, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

And he recounted it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers really come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?"

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.