Genesis 36:11
in Genesis 36The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
KJV
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir
on Genesis 36:9-11
The second heading names Esau the father of the Edomites, and sets him in the area of Mount Seir, a nation with a country under it. At Deuteronomy 2:5 God tells Israel to leave that land alone, for Mount Seir is Esau's possession, held by grant and held already. Eliphaz's sons stand first, Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
אלה שמות, first the Torah lists the names of his sons, followed by the names of his grandsons. No grandchildren of Oholvamah are mentioned.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּהְי֖וּ | vaiyihyu | and they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֱלִיפָ֑ז | ʾelifaz | Eliphaz | H464 → | 15 times |
| תֵּימָ֣ן | teiman | Teman | H8487 → | 11 times |
| אוֹמָ֔ר | ʾomar | Omar | H201 → | |
| צְפ֥וֹ | tzefo | Zepho | H6825 → | |
| וְגַעְתָּ֖ם | vega'tam | and Gatam | H1609 → | |
| וּקְנַֽז׃ | ukenaz | and Kenaz | H7073 → | 11 times |
וַיִּהְי֖וּand they were
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
אֱלִיפָ֑זEliphaz
ʾelifazH464 →15 times
תֵּימָ֣ןTeman
teimanH8487 →11 times
אוֹמָ֔רOmar
ʾomarH201 →
צְפ֥וֹZepho
tzefoH6825 →
וְגַעְתָּ֖םand Gatam
vega'tamH1609 →
וּקְנַֽז׃and Kenaz
ukenazH7073 →11 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).