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The Kings of Edom

Genesis 36:31

In 11 translations

BSB
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:Or before an Israelite king reigned over them:
KJV
¶ And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
WEB
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel.
ASV
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
LSV
And these [are] the kings who have reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel.
YLT
And these [are] the kings who have reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel.
DBY
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before there reigned a king over the children of Israel.
DRC
And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom, before the children of Israel had a king were these:
GNV
And these are the Kings that reigned in the lande of Edom, before there reigned any King ouer the children of Israel.
JPS
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
LXXE
And these are the kings which reigned in Edom, before a king reigned in Israel.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֵ֨לֶּה֙ הַמְּלָכִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָלְכ֖וּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֱד֑וֹם לִפְנֵ֥י מְלָךְ־מֶ֖לֶךְ לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ οὗτοι οἱ βασιλεῖς οἱ βασιλεύσαντες ἐν Ἐδὼμ, πρὸ τοῦ βασιλεῦσαι βασιλέα ἐν Ἰσραήλ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
  • Genesis 17:16And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
  • 1 Chronicles 1:43–50These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah. When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place. When…
  • Genesis 25:23and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
  • Numbers 20:14From 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,
  • Numbers 24:17–18I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth. Edom will become a…
  • Deuteronomy 33:5So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
  • Deuteronomy 17:14–20When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” you are to appoint over…
  • Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”

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