Genesis 36:31

World English Bible (2000)

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel.

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  • Gen 17:6 : 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
  • Gen 17:16 : 16 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."
  • 1 Chr 1:43-50 : 43 Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 44 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. 45 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 46 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Avith. 47 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 48 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his place. 49 Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. 50 Baal Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
  • Gen 25:23 : 23 Yahweh said to her, "Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger."
  • Num 20:14 : 14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: "Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the travail that has happened to us:
  • Num 24:17-18 : 17 I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth. 18 Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.
  • Deut 17:14-20 : 14 When you are come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, "I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me;" 15 you shall surely set him king over yourselves, whom Yahweh your God shall choose: one from among your brothers you shall set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. 16 Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, "You shall not go back that way again." 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 18 It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites: 19 and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them; 20 that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
  • Deut 33:5 : 5 He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
  • Deut 33:29 : 29 You are happy, Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you. You shall tread on their high places."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 1:42-44
    3 verses
    84%

    42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

    43 Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

    44 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.

  • Gen 36:32-34
    3 verses
    77%

    32 Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah.

    33 Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.

    34 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 22:47
    77%

    47 There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

  • Gen 36:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.

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

    21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

  • Gen 36:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29 These are the chiefs who came of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,

    30 chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan: these are the chiefs who came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

  • Gen 36:1
    74%

    1 Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).

  • Gen 36:40-43
    4 verses
    74%

    40 These are the names of the chiefs who came from Esau, according to their families, after their places, and by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,

    41 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

    42 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

    43 chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

  • Gen 36:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.

    9 This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:

  • 2 Chr 21:8
    72%

    8 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

  • 1 Chr 1:51-54
    4 verses
    72%

    51 Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,

    52 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

    53 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

    54 chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

  • 2 Kgs 8:20
    72%

    20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

  • Gen 36:15-17
    3 verses
    71%

    15 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

    16 chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

    17 These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs who came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.

  • 1 Chr 1:34-35
    2 verses
    68%

    34 Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.

    35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

  • Jer 25:21
    67%

    21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;

  • Josh 12:1
    67%

    1 Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:

  • Judg 11:17
    67%

    17 then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let me pass through your land;' but the king of Edom didn't listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel stayed in Kadesh.

  • 1 Chr 29:26
    67%

    26 Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

  • Deut 2:12
    67%

    12 The Horites also lived in Seir before, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and lived in their place; as Israel did to the land of his possession, which Yahweh gave to them.)

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
    67%

    15 For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army was gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom

  • Ps 135:11
    66%

    11 Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,

  • Num 24:18
    66%

    18 Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.

  • 1 Kgs 12:17
    66%

    17 But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.