Genesis 36:31

Translations

Modern

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:

Traditional

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

Literal

And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the sons of Israel:

Latin

Reges autem qui regnaverunt in terra Edom antequam haberent regem filii Israël, fuerunt hi:

Original

Hebrew

English

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:

Notes

Genesis 36:31

before any king reigned over the Israelites: This editorial note was probably inserted into the text after Israel was ruled by kings (see study note on 35:20).

Genesis 36:31–39

It is not clear how these kings of Edom were related to Esau. The clans in Edom followed the same pattern of organization as the later tribes of Israel. They eventually chose a king from one of their tribes and carried on a line of succession from him.

Genesis 36:9–43

This passage begins a second account of Esau’s descendants (36:1). It introduces a new list of his family line and traces his descendants through later generations. It also records marriages and alliances

Genesis 36:1–43

Genesis now turns to the story of Isaac’s sons. It first finishes the account of Esau’s line (chapter 36), who was not chosen. Then it continues with the line of Jacob (chapter 37), whom God chose.

Theme notes and profiles

Esau Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
1 Chronicles 1:43–50
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
Deuteronomy 17:14–20
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
Deuteronomy 33:5
So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
Genesis 25:23
…and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
Numbers 20:14
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
Numbers 24:17–18
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
Deuteronomy 33:29
Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”

Parallels

1 Chronicles 1:43–54

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Edom: Descendants of Esau; enemy nation southeast of Israel

Glossary

Bela (Person) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Edom, Edomites Genealogy Genesis, Book of Hivites Kenaz Marriage, Marriage Customs Patriarchs, Period of the Teman (Person) Zerah

Topics

Duke: Title of the Princes of Edom Edomites: Dukes of Edomites: Kings of

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