Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Genesis 36:29

in Genesis 36

These are the chiefs of the Horites: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

These are the chiefs that came of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,

KJV

These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,

⋯

This verse in Genesis 36

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
These are the dukes that came of the Horites,.... Not that succeeded one after another, as the kings next mentioned did, but were together, at the same time, heads of respective families, and governors of them; and then the seven sons of Seir are rehearsed in this verse and Gen 36:30 in their order, with the title of "duke" annexed to each of them, "Duke Lotan", &c.

This site's exposition

These are the sons of Dishon

on Genesis 36:26-30

The Horite chiefs carry the title Esau's chiefs carry, so two sets of chiefs hold one country at once, and Gill notes that these ruled together where the kings named next ruled one at a time. Uz stands in verse 28. Lamentations 4:21 puts the daughter of Edom in the land of Uz, the name Job's own land carries.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

God had lately promised Jacob that kings should come out of his loins ( ch. xxxv. 11 ), yet Esau's blood becomes royal long before any of Jacob's did. Note, In external prosperity and honour, the children of the covenant are often cast behind, and those that are out of covenant get the start.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • אֵ֖לֶּהthese

    ʾelehH428 →746 times

  • אַלּוּפֵ֣י[were] [the] chiefs of

    ʾalufeiH441 →69 times

  • הַחֹרִ֑יthe Horite[s]

    hachoriH2752 →6 times

  • אַלּ֤וּףchief

    ʾalufH441 →69 times

  • לוֹטָן֙Lotan

    lotanH3877 →7 times

  • אַלּ֣וּףchief

    ʾalufH441 →69 times

  • שׁוֹבָ֔לShobal

    shovalH7732 →9 times

  • אַלּ֥וּףchief

    ʾalufH441 →69 times

  • צִבְע֖וֹןZibeon

    tzivonH6649 →8 times

  • אַלּ֥וּףchief

    ʾalufH441 →69 times

  • עֲנָֽה׃Anah

    ʾanahH6034 →12 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 36:20

    These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 2:12

      The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land…

    • Genesis 14:6

      and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.

    • Deuteronomy 2:22

      just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this…

    • 1 Chronicles 1:38–42

      The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

    • Genesis 36:2

      Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 1:38

    The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 36:20–30

      These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

  • Through

    Genesis 36:28

    These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 25:20

      all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

    • Lamentations 4:21

      So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

About Genesis

The Creation of Light, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Creation of Light, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 36 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

Read on in Genesis 36 →