Genesis 36:1

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

These are the generations of Esau which is called Edo.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵ֛לֶּה תֹּלְד֥וֹת עֵשָׂ֖ו ה֥וּא אֱדֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

And ʾēlleh tôlədôt ʿĒśāw hûʾ ʾĔdôm

Grammar Details

• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
• *tôlədôt*: feminine plural noun, construct state - generations/accounts/descendants of
• *ʿĒśāw*: proper noun, masculine singular - Esau
• *hûʾ*: third person masculine singular pronoun - he/that
• *ʾĔdôm*: proper noun - Edom

Word Meanings

• *tôlədôt*: generations/descendants/genealogy/account/history
• *ʿĒśāw*: Esau (meaning 'hairy')
• *ʾĔdôm*: Edom (meaning 'red')

Referenced Verses

• Gen 22:17 : 17 that I will blesse th and multiplye thy seed as the starres of heaven and as the sonde vpo the seesyde. And thy seed shall possesse the gates of hys enymies.
• Gen 25:24-34 : 24 And whe hir tyme was come to be delyuered beholde: there were.ij. twyns in hir wobe. 25 And he that came out first was redde and rough ouer all as it were an hyde: and they called his name Esau. 26 And after ward his brother came out and his hande holdynge Esau by the hele. Wher fore his name was called Iacob. And Isaac was.lx. yere olde whe she bare the: 27 and the boyes grewe and Esau became a conynge hunter and a tyllman. But Iacob was a simple man and dwelled in the tentes. 28 Isaac loved Esau because he dyd eate of his venyso but Rebecca loued Iacob 29 Iacob sod potage and Esau came from the feld and was fai 30 and sayd to Iacob: let me syppe of yt redde potage for I am fayntie. And therfore was his name called Edom. 31 And Iacob sayde: sell me this daye thy byrthrighte. 32 And Esau answered: Loo I am at the poynte to dye and what profit shall this byrthrighte do me? 33 And Iacob sayde swere to me then this daye. And he swore to him and sold his byrthrighte vnto Iacob. 34 Than Iacob gaue Esau brede and potage of redde ryse. And he ate and dronke and rose vp and went his waye. And so Esau regarded not his byrthrighte.
• Gen 27:35-41 : 35 And he sayde thy brother came with subtilte ad hath take awaye thy blessynge. 36 Than sayde he: He maye well be called Iacob for he hath vndermyned me now.ij. tymes fyrst he toke awaye my byrthrighte: and se now hath he taken awaye my blessynge also. And he sayde hast thou kepte neuer a blessynge for me? 37 Isaac answered and sayde vnto Esau: beholde I haue made him thi LORde and all his mothers childern haue I made his seruauntes. Moreouer wyth corne ad wyne haue I stablesshed him what ca I do vnto the now my sonne? 38 And Esau sayde vnto his father? hast thou but yt one blessynge my father? blesse me also my father: so lyfted vp Esau his voyce and wept 39 Tha Isaac his father answered and sayde vnto himBeholde thy dwellynge place shall haue of the fatnesse of the erth and of the dewe of heauen fro aboue. 40 And wyth thy swerde shalt thou lyue and shalt be thy brothers seruaunte But the tyme will come when thou shalt gett the mastrye and lowse his yocke from of thy necke. 41 And Esau hated Iacob because of the blessynge yt his father blessed him with all and sayde in his harte: The dayes of my fathers sorowe are at hade for I will sley my brother Iacob.
• Gen 32:3-7 : 3 Iacob sente meessengers before him to Esau his brother vnto the lande of Seir and the felde of Edom. 4 And he comaunded them saynge: se that ye speake after this maner to my LORde Esau: thy seruaunte Iacob sayth thus. I haue sogerned ad bene a straunger with Laban vnto this tyme: 5 and haue gotten oxen asses and shepe menservauntes and wemanseruauntes and haue sent to shewe it mi LORde that I may fynde grace in thy syghte. 6 And the messengers came agayne to Iacob sainge: we came vnto thi brother Esau and he cometh ageynst the and.iiij. hundred men with hi. 7 Than was Iacob greatlye afrayde and wist not which waye to turne him selfe and devyded the people that was with him and the shepe oxen and camels in to.ij. companies
• Num 20:14-21 : 14 And Moses sent messengers from cades vnto the kynge of Edome. Thus sayeth thi brother Israel: Thou knowest all the trauell yt hath happened us 15 how oure fathers wet doune in to Egipte and how we haue dwelt in Egipte a longe tyme and how the Egiptians vexed both us and oure fathers. 16 Then we cryed vnto the Lorde and he herde oure voyces and sent an angell and hath fett us out of Egipte. And beholde we are in Cades a citie harde by the borders 17 of thi contre let us goo a good felowshipe thorow thi contre we wyll not goo thorow the feldes nor thorow the vyneyardes nether will we drynke of the water of the fountaynes: but we will goo by the hye waye and nether turne vnto ye ryghte hande nor to ye lefte vntill we be past thi contre. 18 And Edom answered him: Se thou come not by me lest I come out agest the with the swerde 19 And the childern of Israel sayed vnto him: we will goo by the beeten waye: and yf ether we or oure catell drynke of thi water we will paye for it we wyll doo nomoare but passe thorow by fote only. 20 And he sayed: ye shall not goo thorow. And Edom came out agenst him with moch people and with a myghtie power. 21 And thus Edom denyed to geue Israel passage thorow his contre. And Israel turned a waye from him.
• Deut 23:7 : 7 Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite, for he is thy brother: nether shalt thou abhorre an Egiptian, because thou wast a straunger in hys londe.