Genesis 36:17 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 36:17

These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

BSB

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ASV

And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

KJV

And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The head of each tribe was called by a term which in our version is rendered "duke"--not of the high rank and wealth of a British peer, but like the sheiks or emirs of the modern East, or the chieftains of highland clans. Fourteen are mentioned who flourished contemporaneously.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֵ֗לֶּה	ve.'E.leh	and these	H428 →
בְּנֵ֤י	be.Nei	[were] [the] sons of	H1121 →
רְעוּאֵל֙	re.'u.'El	Reuel	H7467 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
עֵשָׂ֔ו	'e.Sav	Esau	H6215 →
אַלּ֥וּף	'a.Luf	chief	H441 →
נַ֙חַת֙	na.chat	Nahath	H5184 →
אַלּ֣וּף	'a.Luf	chief	H441 →
זֶ֔רַח	Ze.rach	Zerah	H2226 →
אַלּ֥וּף	'a.Luf	chief	H441 →
שַׁמָּ֖ה	sha.Mah	Shammah	H8048 →
אַלּ֣וּף	'a.Luf	chief	H441 →
מִזָּ֑ה	mi.Zah	Mizzah	H4199 →
אֵ֣לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
אַלּוּפֵ֤י	'a.lu.Fei	[were] [the] chiefs of	H441 →
רְעוּאֵל֙	re.'u.'El	Reuel	H7467 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
אֱד֔וֹם	'e.Dom	Edom	H123 →
אֵ֕לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[were] [the] sons of	H1121 →
בָשְׂמַ֖ת	va.se.Mat	Basemath	H1315 →
אֵ֥שֶׁת	'E.shet	[the] wife of	H802 →
עֵשָֽׂו׃	'e.Sav	Esau	H6215 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 36:4
And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 1:35
  The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
- Exodus 2:18
  When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
- Job 2:11
  Now 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…
- Numbers 10:29
  Then 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,…
Through
Genesis 36:13
These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 1:37
  The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.