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Genesis 36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
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They lived in the land of Edom: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/36.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/36.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />These <i>are</i> the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/36.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />These <i>were</i> the sons of Seir the Horite who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/36.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Seir was from the Horite tribe that had lived in Edom before the time of Esau. The clans that had descended from him were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land; Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />These were the sons of Seir the Horite, the people living in that land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/36.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />These were the descendants of Seir the Horite, who lived in the territory: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/36.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />These [are] sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> These are sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />These the sons of Seir the Horite, dwelling in the land; Lotan and Shobal, and Zibeon and Anah,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horrite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Sobal, and Sebeon, and Ana, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir, the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/36.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And these are the sons of Seir, the Khorites, dwellers of the land: Lutan and Shubal and Tsebun and Ana,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And these <i>are</i> the sons of Seir, the Chorrhite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, Sobal, Sebegon, Ana,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/36-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=9146" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/36.htm">The Chiefs of Edom</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>All these are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and they were their chiefs. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">These</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">are the sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/8165.htm" title="8165: śê·‘îr (N-proper-ms) -- Formed like sa'iyr; rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine.">of Seir</a> <a href="/hebrew/2752.htm" title="2752: ha·ḥō·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- From chowr; cave-dweller or troglodyte; a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean.">the Horite,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">who were living</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3877.htm" title="3877: lō·w·ṭān (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Seir. From lowt; covering; Lotan, an Idumaean.">Lotan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7732.htm" title="7732: wə·šō·w·ḇāl (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Flowing, an Edomite, also two Isr. From the same as shebel; overflowing; Shobal, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites.">Shobal,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6649.htm" title="6649: wə·ṣiḇ·‘ō·wn (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Hyena, a Horite. From the same as tseba'; variegated; Tsibon, an Idumaean.">Zibeon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6034.htm" title="6034: wa·‘ă·nāh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Two Horites. Probably from anah; an answer; Anah, the name of two Edomites and one Edomitess.">Anah,</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-12.htm">Deuteronomy 2:12</a></span><br />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 that the LORD gave them as their possession.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-22.htm">Deuteronomy 2:22</a></span><br />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 day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-38.htm">1 Chronicles 1:38-42</a></span><br />The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. / The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister. / The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-14.htm">Numbers 20:14-21</a></span><br />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, / how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, / and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-6.htm">Obadiah 1:6-9</a></span><br />But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out! / All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it. / In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-7.htm">Jeremiah 49:7-22</a></span><br />Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed? / Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him. / If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Ezekiel 25:12-14</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt, / therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. / I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/1-11.htm">Amos 1:11-12</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly. / So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2-4</a></span><br />“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” / Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-10.htm">Romans 9:10-13</a></span><br />Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac. / Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand, / not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-16.htm">Hebrews 12:16-17</a></span><br />See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright. / For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-6</a></span><br />When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a></span><br />Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Lamentations 4:21-22</a></span><br />So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. / O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Psalm 137:7</a></span><br />Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/36-2.htm">Genesis 36:2,22-30</a></b></br> Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/14-6.htm">Genesis 14:6</a></b></br> And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which <i>is</i> by the wilderness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/2-12.htm">Deuteronomy 2:12,22</a></b></br> The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/36-18.htm">Anah</a> <a href="/genesis/36-9.htm">Country</a> <a href="/genesis/36-30.htm">Horite</a> <a href="/matthew/27-57.htm">Inhabitant</a> <a href="/genesis/34-30.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/revelation/20-2.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-39.htm">Lotan</a> <a href="/genesis/35-22.htm">Region</a> <a href="/genesis/36-9.htm">Seir</a> <a href="/genesis/36-9.htm">Se'ir</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-2.htm">Shobal</a> <a href="/genesis/36-14.htm">Zibeon</a> <a href="/genesis/36-14.htm">Zib'eon</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/36-24.htm">Anah</a> <a href="/genesis/36-34.htm">Country</a> <a href="/genesis/36-21.htm">Horite</a> <a href="/genesis/50-11.htm">Inhabitant</a> <a href="/genesis/50-11.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/exodus/16-35.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/genesis/36-22.htm">Lotan</a> <a href="/genesis/45-10.htm">Region</a> <a href="/genesis/36-21.htm">Seir</a> <a href="/genesis/36-21.htm">Se'ir</a> <a href="/genesis/36-23.htm">Shobal</a> <a href="/genesis/36-24.htm">Zibeon</a> <a href="/genesis/36-24.htm">Zib'eon</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 36</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/36-1.htm">Esau's three wives.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/36-6.htm">His removal to mount Seir.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/36-9.htm">His sons.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/36-15.htm">The dukes which descended of his sons.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/36-20.htm">The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/36-24.htm">Anah finds mules.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/36-31.htm">The kings of Edom.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/36-40.htm">The dukes that descended of Esau.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Horites were a group of people who lived in the hill country of Seir before the Edomites. The term "Horite" is often associated with cave dwellers, as the root of the word suggests. This indicates a lifestyle that was adapted to the mountainous terrain of the region. The mention of Seir and his descendants highlights the integration and eventual dominance of Esau's lineage over the Horites, as Esau's descendants intermarried and assimilated with them.<p><b>who were living in the land:</b><br>The phrase "living in the land" underscores the established presence of the Horites in the region before the arrival of Esau and his descendants. This land, later known as Edom, is located southeast of the Dead Sea. The Horites' presence in the land is significant as it sets the stage for the eventual occupation and control by the Edomites, descendants of Esau. This historical context is important for understanding the later conflicts and interactions between the Israelites and the Edomites, as recorded in various parts of the Old Testament.<p><b>Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,</b><br>These names represent the chiefs or leaders among the Horites, indicating a structured society with recognized leadership. Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, and Anah are mentioned as sons of Seir, suggesting a familial or tribal organization. Each of these names is associated with specific clans or groups within the Horite community. The mention of these individuals provides insight into the social and political structure of the Horites, as well as their eventual integration with the Edomites. The genealogical records in Genesis serve to trace the lineage and relationships between different groups, highlighting the interconnectedness of the peoples in the region.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/seir_the_horite.htm">Seir the Horite</a></b><br>Seir is the ancestor of the Horites, a group of people who lived in the region of Edom. The Horites were known as cave dwellers, and Seir's lineage is significant in understanding the inhabitants of the land before the Edomites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/lotan.htm">Lotan</a></b><br>One of the sons of Seir, Lotan is mentioned as a chief among the Horites. His descendants played a role in the early history of Edom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/shobal.htm">Shobal</a></b><br>Another son of Seir, Shobal is also listed as a chief. His lineage is part of the broader account of the Horites' integration into Edomite society.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/z/zibeon.htm">Zibeon</a></b><br>Zibeon is noted as a son of Seir and a chief. His family line is significant in the genealogical records of the Horites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/anah.htm">Anah</a></b><br>Anah is another son of Seir, and his descendants are part of the Horite chiefs. Anah's lineage is mentioned in the context of the land's early inhabitants.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_lineage_and_heritage.htm">Understanding Lineage and Heritage</a></b><br>The genealogies in the Bible, such as those in <a href="/bsb/genesis/36.htm">Genesis 36</a>, highlight the importance of understanding one's heritage and God's work through generations. Reflect on how your own family history can be a testament to God's faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_history.htm">God's Sovereignty in History</a></b><br>The displacement of the Horites by the Edomites illustrates God's sovereignty in the unfolding of history. Trust in God's plan and timing, even when circumstances seem uncertain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_minor_characters.htm">The Role of Minor Characters</a></b><br>Figures like Seir and his descendants may seem minor, but they play a crucial role in the biblical account. Recognize that every person has a part in God's account, and your role, no matter how small it seems, is significant.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_land_in_biblical_narrative.htm">The Importance of Land in Biblical Narrative</a></b><br>The land of Edom and its inhabitants are central to understanding the fulfillment of God's promises. Consider how the concept of land and inheritance applies to spiritual promises in your life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_36.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 36</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_the_historical_gap_on_horite_chiefs.htm">Genesis 36:20–30 lists Horite chiefs, yet extrabiblical sources offer scant support—what explains this historical gap?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_the_horites_in_the_bible.htm">Who were the Horites in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_it_possible_for_a_man_to_rob_god.htm">What is Mount Seir's significance in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_edomites_displaced_horites.htm">Deuteronomy 2:12 claims the Horites were displaced by the Edomites; is there historical or archaeological proof supporting this takeover?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">The sons of Seir the Horite.</span>--This genealogy is given partly because it contains that of Aholibamah, but chiefly because the Horites were in time fused with the descendants of Esau, and together formed the Edomites.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 20, 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land.</span> The primitive inhabitants of Idumea were Horites (<span class="accented">vide</span> <a href="/genesis/14-6.htm">Genesis 14:6</a>), of whom the ancestor, Seir ("Rugged"), either gave his name to, or took his name from, the district in which he lived. Though ultimately driven out by the Edomites (<a href="/deuteronomy/2-12.htm">Deuteronomy 2:12</a>), they were probably only gradually dispossessed, and not until a portion of them had coalesced with their conquerors, as Esau himself had a Horite wife, Aholibamah, and his son Eliphaz a Horite concubine of the name of Thuna. They were, as the name Horite, from <span class="accented">chor, a</span> hole or cavern, imports a race of troglodytes or cavemen, who dwelt in the sandstone and limestone eaves with which the land of Edom abounds. The cave palaces, temples, and tombs that have been excavated in Mount Seir are still astonishing in their grandeur. <span class="cmt_word">Lotan</span>, - "Wrapping up" (Gesenius) - <span class="cmt_word">and Shobal</span>, - "Flowing" (Gesenius) - <span class="cmt_word">and Zibeon, and Anah</span> (this Anah was the uncle of the Anah mentioned in ver. 25), <span class="cmt_word">and Dishan</span>, - "Gazelle" (Gesenius, Furst) - <span class="cmt_word">and Eser</span>, - "Treasure" (Gesenius) - and <span class="cmt_word">Dishan</span>: - same as Dishon (Gesenius, Furst); "Threshing" (Murphy) - <span class="cmt_word">these are the dukes of, the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/36-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">These</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֤לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are the sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Seir</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׂעִיר֙</span> <span class="translit">(śê·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8165.htm">Strong's 8165: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seir -- a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitants, also a mountain in Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Horite,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֹרִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥō·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2752.htm">Strong's 2752: </a> </span><span class="str2">Horites -- a Chorite, aboriginal Idumaean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who were living</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹשְׁבֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šə·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the land:</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Lotan,</span><br /><span class="heb">לוֹטָ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(lō·w·ṭān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3877.htm">Strong's 3877: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lotan -- a son of Seir</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Shobal,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשׁוֹבָ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šō·w·ḇāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7732.htm">Strong's 7732: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shobal -- 'flowing', an Edomite, also two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Zibeon,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְצִבְע֥וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣiḇ·‘ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6649.htm">Strong's 6649: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zibeon -- 'hyena', a Horite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Anah,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲנָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6034.htm">Strong's 6034: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anah -- two Horites</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/36-20.htm">Genesis 36:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/36-20.htm">OT Law: Genesis 36:20 These are the sons of Seir (Gen. 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