Genesis 36:30
in Genesis 36Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their divisions in the land of Seir.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
KJV
Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis 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
These are the dukes that came of Hori,....
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַלּ֥וּף | ʾaluf | chief | H441 → | 69 times |
| דִּשֹׁ֛ן | dishon | Dishon | H1787 → | 7 times |
| אַלּ֥וּף | ʾaluf | chief | H441 → | 69 times |
| אֵ֖צֶר | ʾetzer | Ezer | H687 → | 5 times |
| אַלּ֣וּף | ʾaluf | chief | H441 → | 69 times |
| דִּישָׁ֑ן | dishan | Dishan | H1789 → | 5 times |
| אֵ֣לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| אַלּוּפֵ֧י | ʾalufei | [were] [the] chiefs of | H441 → | 69 times |
| הַחֹרִ֛י | hachori | the Horite[s] | H2753 → | |
| לְאַלֻּפֵיהֶ֖ם | lealufeihem | to chiefs their | H441 → | 69 times |
| בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| שֵׂעִֽיר׃ פ | seir | Seir | H8165 → | 39 times |
אַלּ֥וּףchief
ʾalufH441 →69 times
דִּשֹׁ֛ןDishon
dishonH1787 →7 times
אַלּ֥וּףchief
ʾalufH441 →69 times
אֵ֖צֶרEzer
ʾetzerH687 →5 times
אַלּ֣וּףchief
ʾalufH441 →69 times
דִּישָׁ֑ןDishan
dishanH1789 →5 times
אֵ֣לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
אַלּוּפֵ֧י[were] [the] chiefs of
ʾalufeiH441 →69 times
הַחֹרִ֛יthe Horite[s]
hachoriH2753 →
לְאַלֻּפֵיהֶ֖םto chiefs their
lealufeihemH441 →69 times
בְּאֶ֥רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
שֵׂעִֽיר׃ פSeir
seirH8165 →39 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
Daniel 7:23This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down,…
it leads to
- Daniel 7:7
After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot…
- Daniel 2:40
Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others.
- Luke 2:1
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
- Daniel 7:7
Through
Isaiah 23:15At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
it leads to
- Jeremiah 25:22
all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;
- Jeremiah 25:22
Through
2 Kings 11:19He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 23:19
He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.
- Jeremiah 22:4
For if you will indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses—they and their officials and their…
- 1 Kings 1:13
Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”?…
- Jeremiah 22:30
This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or…
- 2 Chronicles 23:19
About Genesis

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).
