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Genesis 36:14

in Genesis 36

These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah (daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon) whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

KJV

And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

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This verse in Genesis 36

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife,.... See Gill on Gen 36:2; here also the Samaritan and Septuagint versions read, "the daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon": and she bare to Esau, Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah; this is repeated from Gen 36:5; no mention is made of her grandchildren, as of his other wives.

This site's exposition

These are the sons of Reuel

on Genesis 36:13-14

Within two generations Esau's household has become clans. Jacob at this same point has twelve sons and no ground of his own. Paul sets the word spoken before either brother was born, that the elder will serve the younger, beside Malachi's line at Romans 9:12 and 13.

This site's exposition

daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon

Oholibamah's father Anah and grandfather Zibeon appear again among the Horites of Seir at verses 20 and 24. Verse 2 calls Zibeon a Hivite. Horite is taken from chor, a cave, a name for cave dwellers.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

All the Alufim mentioned in this chapter are heads of cities of clans.
Rashbam: France, c. 1085–1158 · Rashbam on Genesis 36:15:1, via Sefaria, Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

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

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְאֵ֣לֶּהand these

    veelehH428 →746 times

  • הָי֗וּthey were

    hayuH1961 →3559 times

  • בְּנֵ֨י[the] sons of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • אָהֳלִיבָמָ֧הOholibamah

    ʾoholivamahH173 →8 times

  • בַת־[the] daughter of

    vat-H1323 →588 times

  • עֲנָ֛הAnah

    ʾanahH6034 →12 times

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • צִבְע֖וֹןZibeon

    tzivonH6649 →8 times

  • אֵ֣שֶׁת[the] wife of

    ʾeshetH802 →781 times

  • עֵשָׂ֑וEsau

    ʾesavH6215 →97 times

  • וַתֵּ֣לֶדand she bore

    vateledH3205 →496 times

  • לְעֵשָׂ֔וto Esau

    leesavH6215 →97 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יְע֥וּשׁJeush

    ye'ushH3266 →9 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • יַעְלָ֖םJalam

    ya'lamH3281 →4 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • קֹֽרַח׃Korah

    korachH7141 →26 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Chronicles 1:35

    The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 36:4–5

      And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

    • Genesis 36:9–10

      This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.

  • Through

    Genesis 36:5

    and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 35:29

      Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

  • Through

    Genesis 36:2

    Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

    it leads to

    • Genesis 36:25

      These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

    • Genesis 28:9

      Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

    • Genesis 27:46

      Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”

    • Genesis 9:25

      he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

  • Through

    Genesis 36:18

    These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. They are the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 36:5

      and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 36 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament.

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