Genesis 36:13
in Genesis 36These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
KJV
And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd these are the sons of Reuel,.... Another son of Esau's; this man had four sons, as follow: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah: of whom we know no more than their names, unless Maps or Massa, which Ptolemy (z) places in Idumea, should have its name from Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife; her grandsons, as before. (z) Geograph. l. 5. c. 16.
This site's exposition
These are the sons of Reuel
on Genesis 36:13-14
The grandsons are counted as carefully as the sons, Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah out of Reuel, and Jeush, Jalam and Korah out of Oholibamah. Within two generations Esau's household has become clans. Jacob at this point has twelve sons and no ground of his own, and Paul sets the word that the elder will serve the younger beside Malachi's line at Romans 9:12 and 13.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [were] [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְעוּאֵ֔ל | reuel | Reuel | H7467 → | 11 times |
| נַ֥חַת | nachat | Nahath | H5184 → | |
| וָזֶ֖רַח | vazerach | and Zerah | H2226 → | 21 times |
| שַׁמָּ֣ה | shamah | Shammah | H8048 → | |
| וּמִזָּ֑ה | umizah | and Mizzah | H4199 → | |
| אֵ֣לֶּ֣ה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| הָי֔וּ | hayu | they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בָשְׂמַ֖ת | vasemat | Basemath | H1315 → | 7 times |
| אֵ֥שֶׁת | ʾeshet | [the] wife of | H802 → | 781 times |
| עֵשָֽׂו׃ | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙and these
veelehH428 →746 times
בְּנֵ֣י[were] [the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
רְעוּאֵ֔לReuel
reuelH7467 →11 times
נַ֥חַתNahath
nachatH5184 →
וָזֶ֖רַחand Zerah
vazerachH2226 →21 times
שַׁמָּ֣הShammah
shamahH8048 →
וּמִזָּ֑הand Mizzah
umizahH4199 →
אֵ֣לֶּ֣הthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
הָי֔וּthey were
hayuH1961 →3559 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
בָשְׂמַ֖תBasemath
vasematH1315 →7 times
אֵ֥שֶׁת[the] wife of
ʾeshetH802 →781 times
עֵשָֽׂו׃Esau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 36:17These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 1:37
The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
- Genesis 36:4
And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,
- 1 Chronicles 1:37
About Genesis
This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.