Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they occupied. This was Esau the father of the Edomites. The closing of the Edomite genealogy is a complete summary: chiefs, settlements, land, father. The identification of Esau as the father of the Edomites is the final theological marker — Esau's line has become a nation. The application: the toledot of Esau ends with the same completeness as the toledot of every major figure in Genesis. The covenant narrative honors the non-covenant brother's story with the same care it gives the covenant brother.

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