# the heads of clans

"the leaders of the clans"

# according to their clans and their regions, by their names

The clans and the regions were named after the heads of the clans. See the UDB for a clearer translation. AT: "the name of their clans and the regions where they lived were named after them. These are their names:" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, and Iram

These are names of people groups. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# settlements

"dwelling places" or "the places they lived"

# This was Esau

This list is said "to be" Esau, which means that it is the whole list of his descendants. AT: "This is the list of the descendants of Esau" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/clan]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/esau]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/edom]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]