Genesis 36

Genesis · Chapter 36

Genesis 36:4

1Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.2Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;3And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.4And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;5And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.6And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.7For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.9And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:10These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.11And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.13And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.14And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.15These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,16Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.17And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.18And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.19These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,21And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.22And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.23And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.24And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.25And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.26And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.27The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.28The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.29These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,30Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.31And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.32And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.33And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.34And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.35And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.36And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.37And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.38And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.39And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.40And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,41Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,42Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,43Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
4And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and she boreוַתֵּ֧לֶדva-TE-ledH3205
to beget

יָלַד (ya.lad) 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

Adahעָדָ֛ה'a-DAHH5711H
Basemath

בָּֽשְׂמַת (bos.mat) A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.26.34; daughter of: Elon (H0356); married to Esau (H6215); mother of: Eliphaz (H0464); also called Basemath (KJV: Bashemath) at Gen.26.34; Another name of a.dah (עָדָה "Adah" H5711H) § Bashemath or Basmath = "spice" 1) Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth 2) daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon's commissariat officers

to Esauלְעֵשָׂ֖וle-'e-SAVH6215G
Edom

אֱדוֹם (e.dom) A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.25; son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259); brother of: Israel (H3478); married to Oholibamah (H0173), Judith (H3067), Adah (H5711H) and Mahalath (H4258); father of: Eliphaz (H0464), Reuel (H7467), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); also called Edom at Gen.25.30; 36.1,8,19,21; 1x,54; Another name of e.sav (עֵשָׂו "Esau" H6215G) § Edom = "red" 1) Edom 2) Edomite, Idumean-descendants of Esau 3) land of Edom, Idumea-land south and south east of Palestine

Eliphazאֱלִיפָ֑ז'e-li-FAZH0464G
Eliphaz

אֱלִיפַז (e.li.phaz) A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.4; son of: Esau (H6215) and Adah (H5711H); half-brother of: Reuel (H7467), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); married to Timna (H8555); father of: Teman (H8487), Omar (H0201), Zepho (H6825), Gatam (H1609), Kenaz (H7073), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Eliphaz = "my God is (fine) gold" 1) Esau's son, father of Teman 2) the Temanite friend of Job

and Basemathוּבָ֣שְׂמַ֔תu-VA-se-MATH1315I
Basemath

בָּֽשְׂמַת (bos.mat) A woman of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.15; daughter of: Solomon (H8010); sister of: Taphath (H2955) and Rehoboam (H7346); married to Ahimaaz (H0290I) § Bashemath or Basmath = "spice" 1) Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth 2) daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon's commissariat officers

she boreיָלְדָ֖הYAL-dahH3205
to beget

יָלַד (ya.lad) 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

Reuelרְעוּאֵֽל׃re-'u-'ELH7467G
Reuel

רְעוּאֵל (re.u.el) A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.4; son of: Esau (H6215) and Mahalath (H4258); half-brother of: Eliphaz (H0464), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); father of: Nahath (H5184), Zerah (H2226), Shammah (H8048) and Mizzah (H4199) § Reuel or Raguel = "friend of God" 1) a son of Esau by his wife Bashemath, the sister of Ishmael 2) the father-in-law of Moses 2a) also 'Jethro' 3) father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad at the time of the census at Sinai 4) a Benjamite, ancestor of Elah

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.