Genesis 36:10
in Genesis 36These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
these are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.
KJV
These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
3 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 places him in 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. Esau holds land by grant, and he holds it already.
This site's exposition
Reuel son of Esau
Reuel means friend of God, and Moses' father-in-law, the priest of Midian, carries the same name at Exodus 2:18. The grandsons that follow come through these two sons.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
These are the names of Esau's sons,.... In this and some following verses, an account is given of the sons of Esau, which agrees with what is before observed, and of his sons' sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau: who seems to be his first wife, and this his first son: Reuel the son of Bashemath and wife of Esau; his second son by another wife, a daughter of Ishmael, Gen 36:3.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
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
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֖לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| שְׁמ֣וֹת | shemot | [are] [the] names of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֵשָׂ֑ו | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
| אֱלִיפַ֗ז | ʾelifaz | Eliphaz | H464 → | 15 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עָדָה֙ | ʾadah | Adah | H5711 → | 8 times |
| אֵ֣שֶׁת | ʾeshet | [the] wife of | H802 → | 781 times |
| עֵשָׂ֔ו | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
| רְעוּאֵ֕ל | reuel | Reuel | H7467 → | 11 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בָּשְׂמַ֖ת | basemat | Basemath | H1315 → | 7 times |
| אֵ֥שֶׁת | ʾeshet | [the] wife of | H802 → | 781 times |
| עֵשָֽׂו׃ | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
אֵ֖לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
שְׁמ֣וֹת[are] [the] names of
shemotH8034 →864 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
עֵשָׂ֑וEsau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
אֱלִיפַ֗זEliphaz
ʾelifazH464 →15 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עָדָה֙Adah
ʾadahH5711 →8 times
אֵ֣שֶׁת[the] wife of
ʾeshetH802 →781 times
עֵשָׂ֔וEsau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
רְעוּאֵ֕לReuel
reuelH7467 →11 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
בָּשְׂמַ֖תBasemath
basematH1315 →7 times
אֵ֥שֶׁת[the] wife of
ʾeshetH802 →781 times
עֵשָֽׂו׃Esau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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).