Genesis 36:21
in Genesis 36Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
KJV
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThese are the dukes of the Horites - It appears pretty evident that the Horites and the descendants of Esau were mixed together in the same land, as before observed; and Calmet has very properly remarked, that if we compare this verse with Gen 36:30, there were princes of Seir in the country of Seir, and in that of Edom; and in comparing the generations of Seir and Esau, we are obliged to consider these princes as contemporary.
This site's exposition
the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land
on Genesis 36:20-23
Genesis lists the Horites who held Seir before Esau reached it, Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon and Anah heading the list and Dishon, Ezer and Dishan closing it. They are first named at Genesis 14:6, among the peoples Chedorlaomer struck, and Deuteronomy 2:12 says the sons of Esau took their place. The register gives them the care it gives the covenant family.
The record, by era
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And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan,.... These were three others of the sons of Seir, which with the other four before mentioned made seven: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom; these were in the land of Edom before it was so called and possessed by the Edomites, and whose posterity afterwards became tributary to them.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְדִשׁ֥וֹן | vedishon | and Dishon | H1787 → | 7 times |
| וְאֵ֖צֶר | veetzer | and Ezer | H687 → | 5 times |
| וְדִישָׁ֑ן | vedishan | and Dishan | H1789 → | 5 times |
| אֵ֣לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| אַלּוּפֵ֧י | ʾalufei | [were] [the] chiefs of | H441 → | 69 times |
| הַחֹרִ֛י | hachori | the Horite[s] | H2752 → | 6 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שֵׂעִ֖יר | seir | Seir | H8165 → | 39 times |
| בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֱדֽוֹם׃ | ʾedom | Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
וְדִשׁ֥וֹןand Dishon
vedishonH1787 →7 times
וְאֵ֖צֶרand Ezer
veetzerH687 →5 times
וְדִישָׁ֑ןand Dishan
vedishanH1789 →5 times
אֵ֣לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
אַלּוּפֵ֧י[were] [the] chiefs of
ʾalufeiH441 →69 times
הַחֹרִ֛יthe Horite[s]
hachoriH2752 →6 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
שֵׂעִ֖ירSeir
seirH8165 →39 times
בְּאֶ֥רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
אֱדֽוֹם׃Edom
ʾedomH123 →99 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).