Genesis 36:24
in Genesis 36These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
KJV
And 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.
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
5 notes on this verse(Verse 24) He is Ana, who found Jamin in the desert, while feeding the donkeys of his father Zebeon. Much and varied is debated among the Hebrews about this chapter: for indeed, both the Greeks and our own are silent on this. Some believe that Ajamim () is a name for the seas. For the same letters are used to write seas as are used in the present discourse.
This site's exposition
the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness
on Genesis 36:24-25
One line of story breaks into the register, where Anah finds hot springs in the wilderness while pasturing his father Zibeon's donkeys. Jerome reports the question much debated among the Hebrews, and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the word as warm springs where the King James gives mules. Oholibamah, one of Esau's wives, comes out of this house.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And these are the children of Zibeon,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
This was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness - The words את הימם eth kaiyemim, here translated mules, has given rise to a great variety of conjectures and discordant opinions. St. Jerome, who renders it aquas calidas, warm springs, or hot baths, says there are as many opinions concerning it as there are commentators. The Septuagint has τον Ιαμειν, which seems to be the name of a man; but this is expressed in a great variety of ways in different MSS. of that version.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness--The word "mules" is, in several ancient versions, rendered "water springs"; and this discovery of some remarkable fountain was sufficient, among a wandering or pastoral people, to entitle him to such a distinguishing notice.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֥לֶּה | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [were] [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| צִבְע֖וֹן | tzivon | Zibeon | H6649 → | 8 times |
| וְאַיָּ֣ה | veaiyah | and Aiah | H345 → | |
| וַעֲנָ֑ה | vaanah | and Anah | H6034 → | 12 times |
| ה֣וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| עֲנָ֗ה | ʾanah | [was] Anah | H6034 → | 12 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| מָצָ֤א | matza' | he found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיֵּמִם֙ | haiyemim | the hot springs | H3222 → | |
| בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר | bamidbar | in the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| בִּרְעֹת֥וֹ | biroto | when was pasturing he | H7462 → | 177 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַחֲמֹרִ֖ים | hachamorim | the donkeys | H2543 → | 96 times |
| לְצִבְע֥וֹן | letzivon | of Zibeon | H6649 → | 8 times |
| אָבִֽיו׃ | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
וְאֵ֥לֶּהand these
veelehH428 →746 times
בְנֵֽי־[were] [the] sons of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
צִבְע֖וֹןZibeon
tzivonH6649 →8 times
וְאַיָּ֣הand Aiah
veaiyahH345 →
וַעֲנָ֑הand Anah
vaanahH6034 →12 times
ה֣וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
עֲנָ֗ה[was] Anah
ʾanahH6034 →12 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
מָצָ֤אhe found
matza'H4672 →455 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַיֵּמִם֙the hot springs
haiyemimH3222 →
בַּמִּדְבָּ֔רin the wilderness
bamidbarH4057 →270 times
בִּרְעֹת֥וֹwhen was pasturing he
birotoH7462 →177 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַחֲמֹרִ֖יםthe donkeys
hachamorimH2543 →96 times
לְצִבְע֥וֹןof Zibeon
letzivonH6649 →8 times
אָבִֽיו׃father his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Leviticus 19:19You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of…
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:14–17
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
- Deuteronomy 22:9–11
Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.
- Matthew 9:16–17
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14–17
Through
1 Kings 4:28Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
it leads to
- Esther 8:10
Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
- Esther 8:14
The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.
- Micah 1:13
Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
- Esther 8:10
Through
1 Kings 1:38Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:18
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
- 1 Kings 1:8
But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
- 2 Samuel 8:18
About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).