Genesis 36:4
in Genesis 36And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel;
KJV
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
3 notes on this verse(Chapter 36, Verse 4) And Ada gave birth to Esau Eliphaz. This is Eliphaz, whose name is mentioned in the book of Job.
This site's exposition
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau
on Genesis 36:4-5
Five sons are born to Esau, and verse 5 says where, in the land of Canaan, just before he leaves it. Jerome notes that Eliphaz carries the name of the friend who speaks to Job, and Job's Eliphaz is a Temanite, which is the name of this Eliphaz's firstborn in verse 11. The link stands on the names alone.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz,....
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֵּ֧לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| עָדָ֛ה | ʾadah | Adah | H5711 → | 8 times |
| לְעֵשָׂ֖ו | leesav | to Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֱלִיפָ֑ז | ʾelifaz | Eliphaz | H464 → | 15 times |
| וּבָ֣שְׂמַ֔ת | uvasemat | and Basemath | H1315 → | 7 times |
| יָלְדָ֖ה | yaldah | she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רְעוּאֵֽל׃ | reuel | Reuel | H7467 → | 11 times |
וַתֵּ֧לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
עָדָ֛הAdah
ʾadahH5711 →8 times
לְעֵשָׂ֖וto Esau
leesavH6215 →97 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֱלִיפָ֑זEliphaz
ʾelifazH464 →15 times
וּבָ֣שְׂמַ֔תand Basemath
uvasematH1315 →7 times
יָלְדָ֖הshe bore
yaldahH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רְעוּאֵֽל׃Reuel
reuelH7467 →11 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
Numbers 10:29Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us,…
it leads to
- Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Exodus 2:18
When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
- Judges 4:11
Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
- Judges 1:16
Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live…
- Exodus 3:1
Through
Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together…
it leads to
- Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- Job 42:11
All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And…
- Genesis 25:2
and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Romans 12:15
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
