Midrasch zu Bereschit 36:1
וְאֵ֛לֶּה תֹּלְד֥וֹת עֵשָׂ֖ו ה֥וּא אֱדֽוֹם׃
Dies sind die Nachkommen von Esau, das ist Edom.
Sefer HaYashar (midrash)
And Jacob prosecuted his journey toward Haran, and he reached Mount Moriah, and he tarried there over night near the city of Luz. And the Lord appeared there unto Jacob that night, and he said unto him: I am the Lord, the God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac, the land wherein thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; and behold I am with thee and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and I will cause thy enemies to fall down before thee, and when they shall wage war against thee they shall never pre vail over thee; and I will bring thee back unto this land in joy and gladness, with children and with great wealth. And when Jacob awoke from his sleep he was exceedingly joyful at the vision which he had seen, and he called the name of that place Bethel. And Jacob arose from that place much rejoiced, and when he walked his feet felt light to him for gladness, and he went thence to the land of the sons of the East, and he came to Haran and seated himself by the shepherd's well; and he met there several men coming from Haran to feed their sheep, and Jacob inquired of them concerning their home, and they said: We are from Haran; and he said unto them: Know ye Laban, son of Nahor? and they said: We know him, and behold, Rachel, his daughter, cometh with the sheep of her father. And while he yet spake with them Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess. And Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and he kissed her and lifted up his voice and wept. And Jacob told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, her father's sister, and Rachel ran and told it to her father. And Jacob wept exceedingly because he had nothing whatsoever to bring unto the house of Laban. And when Laban heard of the arrival of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and he embraced him, and kissed him, and "brought him to his house, and he gave him meat and he ate. And Jacob told him all that his brother Esau had done unto him, and what his son Eliphaz did unto him on his journey. And Jacob abode at Laban's house the space of a month, eating and drinking in the house of Laban. And finally Laban said unto Jacob: Tell me what shall thy wages be, for why shouldst thou serve me for naught? And Laban had no sons, only daughters, and his wives and hand-maids were still barren in those days. And these are the names of Laban's daughters, which his wife Adinah had borne unto him: the name of the oldest was Leah, and the name of the youngest was Rachel. And Leah was tender eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored, and Jacob loved her. And Jacob said unto Laban: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy youngest daughter. And Laban was satisfied, and Jacob served Laban seven years for Rachel, his daughter.
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Sefer HaYashar (midrash)
And these are the generations of Jacob born unto him in Padan-Aram. And the sons of Jacob were twelve. The sons of Leah were: The first born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulum, and Dinah their sister: And the sons of Rachel were: Joseph and Benjamin. And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid-servant, were: Gad and Asher. And the sons of Bilhah were: Dan and Naphtali; these are the sons of Jacob which were born unto him in Padan Aram. And Jacob with his sons and all belonging to him journeyed further and came to Mamre, the same is Kirjath-Arba which is in Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac dwelt, and Jacob with his sons with all belonging to him dwelt with his father in Hebron. And his brother Esau and his sons, and all belonging ... to him went to the land of Seir and dwelt there, and had possessions in the land of Seir, and the children of Esau were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly in the land of Seir. And these are the generations of Esau that were born to him in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Esau were five. And Adah bare to Esau his first born Eliphaz, and she also bare to him Reuel. And Ahli bamah bare to him Jeush, and Yaalam and Korah. These are the children of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Eliphaz the son of Esau were: Teman, and Omar, and Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz, and Amalex. And the sons of Reuel were: Nachath, and Zerach, and Shamah, and Mizzah. And the sons of Jeush were: Timnah, and Alva, and Jetheth. And the sons of Yaalam were: Alah, and Phinor, and Kenaz. And the sons of Korah were: Teman, and Mibzar, and Magdiel, and Eram; these are the families of the sons of Esau according to their dukes in the land of Seir. And these are the names of the sons of Seir the Horite, inhabitants of the land of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibean, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan, seven sons. And the children of Lotan were: Hori, and Heman, and their sister Timna, that is Timna who came to Jacob and his sons, and they would not listen to her, and she went and became a concubine to Eliphaz the son of Esau, and she bare to him Amalek. And the sons of Shobal were: Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, and Shepho, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon were: Ajah, and Anah, this is Anah who found the Yemim in the wilderness when he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. And it came to pass while he was feeding the asses of his father, driving them to the wilderness into pasture as heretofore, and approaching one of the deserts on the sea shore opposite the wilderness of the people, and be hold a very great storm came from the other side of the sea, and it rested over the asses in the pasture and they were stunned and stood still all of them. And after wards one hundred and twenty great and horrible animals emerged from the wilderness on the other side of the sea, and they came all to the place of the asses and stood there. And those animals were on their lower half after the shape of the sons of men, but the upper half of some were in the shape of bears and some in the shape of apes, and they had tails behind, hanging down from between the shoulders and sweeping the ground like the tails of the dochiphath.
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