# These were the descendants of [Esau](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/esau) (also called [Edom](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/edom))

"These are the descendants of [Esau](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/esau), who is also called [Edom](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/edom)." This sentence introduces the account of [Esau](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/esau)'s descendants in Genesis 36:1-8. AT: "This is an account of the descendants of [Esau](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/esau), who is also called [Edom](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/edom)" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])