1 Chronicles 1:36
New International Version
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz; by Timna: Amalek.

New Living Translation
The descendants of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and Amalek, who was born to Timna.

English Standard Version
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and of Timna, Amalek.

Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.

King James Bible
The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

New King James Version
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

NASB 1995
The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna and Amalek.

NASB 1977
The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

Amplified Bible
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

Christian Standard Bible
Eliphaz’s sons: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Eliphaz’s sons: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.

American Standard Version
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

Contemporary English Version
Eliphaz was the father of Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

English Revised Version
The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Eliphaz's sons were Teman and Omar, Zephi and Gatam, Kenaz and Amalek, son of Timna.

Good News Translation
Eliphaz became the ancestor of the following tribes: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

International Standard Version
Eliphaz's descendants were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

Majority Standard Bible
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.

NET Bible
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, and (by Timna) Amalek.

New Heart English Bible
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, Kenaz; and by Timna: Amalek.

Webster's Bible Translation
The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

World English Bible
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

Smith's Literal Translation
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Eliphaz: Theman, Omar, Sephi, Gathan, Cenez, and by Thamna, Amalec.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenez, and by Timna, Amalek.

New American Bible
The descendants of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

New Revised Standard Version
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zoph, Gatham, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the sons of Eliphaz: Tayman and Umar and Tsuph and Gatham and Qanez and Tamna and Ameliq.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The sons of Eliphaz: Thaeman, and Omar, Sophar, and Gootham, and Kenez, and Thamna, and Amalec.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Descendants of Abraham
35The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. 36The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek. 37The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.…

Cross References
Genesis 36:11-12
The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. / Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

Genesis 36:15-19
These are the chiefs among the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, / Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah. / These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath. ...

Genesis 36:20-21
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, / Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.

Genesis 36:31-39
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: / Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah. / When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place. ...

Genesis 36:40-43
These are the names of Esau’s chiefs, according to their families and regions, by their names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, / Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, / Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ...

Genesis 25:13-16
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, / Mishma, Dumah, Massa, / Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ...

Genesis 28:9
Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

Genesis 36:1-5
This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom). / Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, / and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. ...

Genesis 36:6-8
Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob. / For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock. / So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.

Genesis 36:9-10
This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir. / These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

Romans 9:10-13
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.” ...

Hebrews 12:16-17
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.

Obadiah 1:6-9
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? ...

Obadiah 1:18-21
Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken. / Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead. / And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev. ...

Malachi 1:2-3
“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.”


Treasury of Scripture

The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

Teman.

1 Chronicles 1:53
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

Genesis 36:11-15
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz…

Jeremiah 49:7,20
Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? …

Omar.

Genesis 36:11
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

Zephi.

Genesis 36:11
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

Genesis 36:15
These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

Genesis 36:15
These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

Zepho.

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1 Chronicles 1
1. Adam's line to Noah.
5. The sons of Japheth.
8. The sons of Ham.
17. The sons of Shem.
24. Shem's line to Abraham.
29. Ishmael's sons.
32. The sons of Keturah.
34. The posterity of Abraham by Esau.
38. The sons of Seir.
43. The kings of Edom.
51. The dukes of Edom.














The sons of Esau
This phrase introduces the genealogy of Esau, who is also known as Edom. Esau is a significant figure in the Bible, being the elder twin brother of Jacob. His descendants, the Edomites, played a crucial role in the history of Israel. The name "Esau" in Hebrew means "hairy," reflecting the description of his birth in Genesis 25:25. Esau's life and choices, particularly his decision to sell his birthright, serve as a cautionary tale about the consequences of prioritizing immediate gratification over long-term blessings.

Eliphaz
Eliphaz is the firstborn son of Esau and his wife Adah. The name "Eliphaz" means "God is fine gold" or "God is my strength" in Hebrew. Eliphaz is also known as one of Job's friends in the Book of Job, though it is debated whether they are the same individual. His lineage is significant as it includes the Amalekites, who were persistent adversaries of Israel. This connection highlights the ongoing conflict between the descendants of Esau and Jacob, which began with the brothers themselves.

Reuel
Reuel, another son of Esau, means "friend of God" in Hebrew. This name is shared with other biblical figures, including Moses' father-in-law, suggesting a common cultural or familial significance. Reuel's descendants, the Edomites, were known for their wisdom and strength, yet they often stood in opposition to Israel. The name serves as a reminder of the potential for reconciliation and friendship with God, even among those who might be seen as adversaries.

Jeush
Jeush is one of Esau's sons whose name means "he will help" or "assembler" in Hebrew. The mention of Jeush in the genealogy underscores the importance of each individual in the unfolding of God's plan, even if their specific actions or accounts are not detailed in the biblical narrative. It reflects the broader theme of divine providence and the interconnectedness of all people within God's creation.

Jalam
Jalam, another son of Esau, has a name that is less clear in meaning, though it may be related to "concealed" or "hidden." This could symbolize the often-hidden nature of God's work in history, where the significance of certain individuals or events may not be immediately apparent. Jalam's inclusion in the genealogy serves as a reminder of the mystery and depth of God's purposes, which are often beyond human understanding.

Korah
Korah, the last son mentioned, shares a name with a later figure known for leading a rebellion against Moses in the wilderness. The name "Korah" means "bald" or "ice" in Hebrew. While this Korah is distinct from the rebel, the shared name may suggest themes of conflict and challenge. The Edomites, descendants of Esau, frequently clashed with Israel, yet their account is also one of potential redemption and reconciliation, as seen in the prophetic visions of Edom's future in books like Obadiah.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The sons
בְּנֵ֖י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Eliphaz:
אֱלִיפָ֑ז (’ĕ·lî·p̄āz)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 464: Eliphaz -- 'God is fine gold', a son of Esau, also a friend of Job

Teman,
תֵּימָ֤ן (tê·mān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8487: Teman -- a northern district of Edom, also an Edomite chief

Omar,
וְאוֹמָר֙ (wə·’ō·w·mār)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 201: Omar -- a grandson of Esau

Zepho,
צְפִ֣י (ṣə·p̄î)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6825: Zepho -- perhaps 'gazing', an Edomite

Gatam,
וְגַעְתָּ֔ם (wə·ḡa‘·tām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1609: Gatam -- an Edomite

and Kenaz;
קְנַ֖ז (qə·naz)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7073: Kenaz -- an Edomite, also two Israelites

and by Timna,
וְתִמְנָ֥ע (wə·ṯim·nā‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8555: Timna -- an Edomite name

Amalek.
וַעֲמָלֵֽק׃ (wa·‘ă·mā·lêq)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6002: Amalek -- a descendant of Esau, also his posterity


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