KJV King James Version
And these [are] the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this [was that] Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
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Genesis 36:24
And these [are] the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this [was that] Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)
WEB World English Bible
These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
ASV American Standard Version
And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And these are sons of Zibeon, both Ajah and Anah: it is Anah that hath found the Imim in the wilderness, in his feeding the asses of Zibeon his father.
Surrounding context — Genesis 36
21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these [are] the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister [was] Timna.
23 And the children of Shobal [were] these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 And these [are] the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this [was that] Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
25 And the children of Anah [were] these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26 And these [are] the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27 The children of Ezer [are] these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
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וְאֵ֥לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseבְנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childצִבְע֖וֹןH6649 · tsiv.onZibeonוְאַיָּ֣הH345 · ay.yahAiahוַעֲנָ֑הH6034 · a.nahAnahה֣וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itעֲנָ֗הH6034 · a.nahAnahאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichמָצָ֤אH4672 · ma.tsato findאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַיֵּמִם֙H3222 · yemhot springבַּמִּדְבָּ֔רH4057 · mid.barmouthבִּרְעֹת֥וֹH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַחֲמֹרִ֖יםH2543 · cha.mordonkeyלְצִבְע֥וֹןH6649 · tsiv.onZibeonאָבִֽיו׃H1 · avfather
Cross-references
1 Kings 1:38So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.2 Samuel 13:29And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.Leviticus 19:19Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.1 Kings 1:44And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:2 Samuel 18:9And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that [was] under him went away.1 Kings 4:28Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.Deuteronomy 2:10The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;Zechariah 14:15And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
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