KJV King James Version
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
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Genesis 36:4
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,
WEB World English Bible
Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.
ASV American Standard Version
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Adah beareth to Esau, Eliphaz; and Bashemath hath born Reuel;
Surrounding context — Genesis 36
1 Now these [are] the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom.
2 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;
3 And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these [are] the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
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1 Chronicles 1:35The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.Exodus 2:18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How [is it that] ye are come so soon to day?Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.Numbers 10:29And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
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