These were the chiefs among Esau's descendants: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz. The listing of chiefs — tribal leaders — is the political structure of the Edomite nation taking shape from the genealogy. The application: the genealogy of a people is also the political history of how that people organized themselves into leadership structures.

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