So that same day Esau made his way back ¹  to Seir.

What follows is the account of Esau (also known as Edom). ¹ 

So Esau (also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir. ¹ 

These were the sons of Esau (also known as Edom), and these were their chiefs.

Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

How the people of Esau ¹  will be thoroughly plundered! ²  Their ³  hidden valuables will be ransacked! ⁴ 

just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” ¹ 

By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

When ¹  Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, ²  he called his older ³  son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” Esau ⁴  replied.

Now Rebekah had been listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. ¹  When Esau went out to the open fields to hunt down some wild game and bring it back, ² 

So Esau hated ¹  Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. ²  Esau said privately, ³  “The time ⁴  of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill ⁵  my brother Jacob!”

When Rebekah heard what her older son Esau had said, ¹  she quickly summoned ²  her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is planning to get revenge by killing you. ³ 

These were the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom; these were the sons ¹  of Esau’s wife Basemath.

These were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

Now Jacob cooked some stew, ¹  and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished.

“But Esau my brother is a hairy man,” Jacob protested to his mother Rebekah, “and I have smooth skin! ¹ 

Jacob sent messengers on ahead ¹  to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region ²  of Edom.

But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.

Then Esau ¹  said, “Let’s be on our way! ²  I will go in front of you.”

This is the account of Esau, the father ¹  of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.