³⁰ He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew!^(A) I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.^[a])^(B)

³ Jacob sent messengers^(A) ahead of him to his brother Esau^(B) in the land of Seir,^(C) the country of Edom.^(D)

Esau’s Descendants^(A)(B)

36 This is the account^(C) of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).^(D)

¹⁸ But Edom^(A) answered:

¹⁹ The Israelites replied:

²⁰ Again they answered:

Then Edom^(F) came out against them with a large and powerful army. ²¹ Since Edom refused to let them go through their territory,^(G) Israel turned away from them.^(H)

¹⁴ He put garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites^(A) became subject to David.^(B) The Lord gave David victory^(C) wherever he went.^(D)

²⁰ In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.^{(A) 21} So Jehoram^[a] went to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night; his army, however, fled back home. ²² To this day Edom has been in rebellion^(B) against Judah. Libnah^(C) revolted at the same time.