Genesis 36:9
New International Version
This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

New Living Translation
This is the account of Esau’s descendants, the Edomites, who lived in the hill country of Seir.

English Standard Version
These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

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

King James Bible
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

New King James Version
And this is the genealogy of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir.

New American Standard Bible
These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

NASB 1995
These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

NASB 1977
These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

Legacy Standard Bible
These then are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

Amplified Bible
These are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

Christian Standard Bible
These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.

American Standard Version
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Adumites in the mountain of Seir,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom in the mount Seir.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And these are the generations of Esau the father of Edom in mount Seir,

English Revised Version
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is the account of Esau and his descendants. He was the father of the people of Edom in the mountains of Seir.

Good News Translation
These are the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.

International Standard Version
This is a record of the family history of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites of Mount Seir.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And these are the generations of Esau the father of a the Edomites in the mountain-land of Seir.

Literal Standard Version
And these [are] the generations of Esau, father of Edom, in Mount Seir.

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

New American Bible
These are the descendants of Esau, ancestor of the Edomites, in the highlands of Seir.

NET Bible
This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

New Revised Standard Version
These are the descendants of Esau, ancestor of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir.

New Heart English Bible
These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:

Webster's Bible Translation
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites, in mount Seir:

World English Bible
This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:

Young's Literal Translation
And these are births of Esau, father of Edom, in mount Seir.

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Context
Esau's Descendants
8So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir. 9This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir. 10These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.…

Cross References
Genesis 32:3
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Genesis 36:8
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.

Genesis 36:10
These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz son of Esau's wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau's wife Basemath.

1 Chronicles 4:42
And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir


Treasury of Scripture

And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

the Edomites.

Genesis 19:37
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

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Account Births Country Descendants Edom Edomites E'domites Esau Generations Hill Hill-Country History Mount Mountain-Land Records Seir Se'ir
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Genesis 36
1. Esau's three wives.
6. His removal to mount Seir.
9. His sons.
15. The dukes which descended of his sons.
20. The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite.
24. Anah finds mules.
31. The kings of Edom.
40. The dukes that descended of Esau.














(9) The father of the Edomites.--Heb., the father of Edom. He was himself the man Edom, but the word here means the country of which he was the colonizer.

Verse 9. - And these are the generations of Esau - "the repetition of this clause shows that it does not necessarily indicate diversity of authorship, or a very distinct piece of composition" (Murphy) - the father of the Edomites (i.e. the founder of the Edomitish nation) in mount Seir.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
This
וְאֵ֛לֶּה (wə·’êl·leh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

is the account
תֹּלְד֥וֹת (tō·lə·ḏō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 8435: Descent, family, history

of Esau,
עֵשָׂ֖ו (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

the father
אֲבִ֣י (’ă·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1: Father

of the Edomites,
אֱד֑וֹם (’ĕ·ḏō·wm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 123: The name of a condiment

in the hill country
בְּהַ֖ר (bə·har)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

of Seir.
שֵׂעִֽיר׃ (śê·‘îr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8165: Seir -- a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitants, also a mountain in Judah


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