Genesis 36:9
in Genesis 36This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.
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ASV
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
KJV
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir
on Genesis 36:9-11
The second heading names Esau the father of the Edomites, and sets him in the area of Mount Seir, a nation with a country under it. At Deuteronomy 2:5 God tells Israel to leave that land alone, for Mount Seir is Esau's possession, held by grant and held already. Eliphaz's sons stand first, Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And these are the generations of Esau,.... Or the posterity of Esau, his children and grandchildren, as before and hereafter related: the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir; from whom they of that mountain and in the adjacent country had the name of Edomites or Idumeans.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
אלה שמות, first the Torah lists the names of his sons, followed by the names of his grandsons. No grandchildren of Oholvamah are mentioned.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֛לֶּה | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| תֹּלְד֥וֹת | toledot | [are] [the] accounts of | H8435 → | 39 times |
| עֵשָׂ֖ו | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
| אֲבִ֣י | ʾavi | [the] ancestor of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| אֱד֑וֹם | ʾedom | Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
| בְּהַ֖ר | behar | in [the] hill country of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| שֵׂעִֽיר׃ | seir | Seir | H8165 → | 39 times |
וְאֵ֛לֶּהand these
veelehH428 →746 times
תֹּלְד֥וֹת[are] [the] accounts of
toledotH8435 →39 times
עֵשָׂ֖וEsau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
אֲבִ֣י[the] ancestor of
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
אֱד֑וֹםEdom
ʾedomH123 →99 times
בְּהַ֖רin [the] hill country of
beharH2022 →546 times
שֵׂעִֽיר׃Seir
seirH8165 →39 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Genesis 19:37The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:9
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants…
- Deuteronomy 23:3
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
- Ruth 4:10
Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers…
- 2 Samuel 8:1–18
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
- Judges 3:1–31
These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
- Deuteronomy 2:9
About Genesis
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).