Genesis 36:32
in Genesis 36Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
KJV
And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom,.... His name was not Balac, as the Septuagint version, which may lead to think of Balak king of Moab; nor is this the same with Balaam, the son of Beor, who lived ages after, as some in Aben Ezra: who he was we know no more of than what is here said; he was the first Horite king, and is placed by Mr. Bedford (i) in A. M.
This site's exposition
before any king reigned over the Israelites
on Genesis 36:31-32
Eight kings reigned in Edom before Israel had any king of its own, the first Bela son of Beor, whose city was Dinhabah. Calvin reads the line about Israel's kings as Moses writing in the light of the promise that kings would come from Jacob at Genesis 35:11, and others take it as a note set down later. Henry observes that little beyond the names is recorded.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Little more is recorded than their names, because the history of those that were out of the church (though perhaps it might have been serviceable in politics) would have been of little use in divinity. It is in the church that the memorable instances are found of special grace, and special providence; for that is the enclosure, the rest is common.
These are the names - Observe here, 1. That only the names of Esau's sons and grand-sons are recorded: not their history, for it is the church that Moses preserves the records of, not of those that were without. The elders only that lived by faith obtained a good report.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| בֶּאֱד֔וֹם | beedom | in Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
| בֶּ֖לַע | bela' | Bela | H1106 → | 14 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בְּע֑וֹר | beor | Beor | H1160 → | |
| וְשֵׁ֥ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| עִיר֖וֹ | iro | city his | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| דִּנְהָֽבָה׃ | dinhavah | [was] Dinhabah | H1838 → |
וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְand he reigned
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
בֶּאֱד֔וֹםin Edom
beedomH123 →99 times
בֶּ֖לַעBela
bela'H1106 →14 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
בְּע֑וֹרBeor
beorH1160 →
וְשֵׁ֥םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
עִיר֖וֹcity his
iroH5892 →1090 times
דִּנְהָֽבָה׃[was] Dinhabah
dinhavahH1838 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Genesis
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.