Genesis 36:20 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 36:20

These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,

KJV

These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

These are the sons of Seir the Horite - These Horites were the original inhabitants of the country of Seir, called the land of the Horites, and afterwards the land of the Idumeans, when the descendants of Esau had driven them out. These people are first mentioned Gen 14:6.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֵ֤לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
בְנֵֽי־	ve.nei-	[were] [the] sons of	H1121 →
שֵׂעִיר֙	se.'Ir	Seir	H8165 →
הַחֹרִ֔י	ha.cho.Ri	the Horite	H2752 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֖י	yo.she.Vei	[the] inhabitants of	H3427 →
הָאָ֑רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
לוֹטָ֥ן	lo.Tan	Lotan	H3877 →
וְשׁוֹבָ֖ל	ve.sho.Val	and Shobal	H7732 →
וְצִבְע֥וֹן	ve.tziv.'on	and Zibeon	H6649 →
וַעֲנָֽה׃	va.'a.Nah	and Anah	H6034 →

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

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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
Deuteronomy 2:12
The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:22
  just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:12
  The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 21:21
  And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- Numbers 13:3
  So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
Through
Deuteronomy 2:22
just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this…
leads to
- Genesis 14:6
  and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 36:8
  So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
- Genesis 36:20–30
  These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
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,
leads to
- Genesis 36:25
  These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

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Where the connections lead

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