And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom, before the children of Israel had a king, were these:

And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom, before the children of Israel had a king, were these:

the kings.

Genesis 17:6,16 And I will make thee increase exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. . . .

Genesis 25:23 And he answering, said: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb, and one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.

Numbers 20:14 In the mean time Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, to say: Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the labour that hath come upon us:

Numbers 24:17,18 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth . . .

Deuteronomy 17:14-20 When thou art come into the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, and possessest it, and shalt say: I will set a king over me, as all nations have that are round about: . . .

Deuteronomy 33:5,29 He shall be king with the most right, the princes of the people, being assembled with the tribes of Israel. . . .

1 Chronicles 1:43-50 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there was a king over the children of Israel: Bale the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Denaba. . . .

before there.

Genesis 35:11 And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

,) that kings should proceed from him; and here states that these kings reigned before that prophecy began to be fulfilled.