Genesis 36:4
New International Version
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

New Living Translation
Adah gave birth to a son named Eliphaz for Esau. Basemath gave birth to a son named Reuel.

English Standard Version
And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel;

Berean Standard Bible
And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

King James Bible
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

New King James Version
Now Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel.

New American Standard Bible
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

NASB 1995
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel,

NASB 1977
And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel,

Legacy Standard Bible
And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel,

Amplified Bible
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel,

Christian Standard Bible
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

American Standard Version
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Ada bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Besmath gave birth to Rawaeil;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Ada bore to him Eliphas; and Basemath bore Raguel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ada bore Eliphaz: Basemath bore Rahuel:

English Revised Version
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Adah gave birth to Eliphaz for Esau, and Basemath gave birth to Reuel.

Good News Translation
Adah bore Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel;

International Standard Version
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel, and

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel;

Literal Standard Version
And Adah bears to Esau, Eliphaz; and Bashemath has borne Reuel;

Majority Standard Bible
And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

New American Bible
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau; Basemath bore Reuel;

NET Bible
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

New Revised Standard Version
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau; Basemath bore Reuel;

New Heart English Bible
Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; and Bashemath bore Reuel;

World English Bible
Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.

Young's Literal Translation
And Adah beareth to Esau, Eliphaz; and Bashemath hath born Reuel;

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Context
Esau's Descendants
3and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. 4And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel, 5and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.…

Cross References
Genesis 26:34
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Genesis 36:3
and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

Genesis 36:5
and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

1 Chronicles 1:35
The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.


Treasury of Scripture

And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bore Reuel;

Adah.

1 Chronicles 1:35
The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

Eliphaz.

Job 2:11
Now 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.

Reuel.

Exodus 2:18
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

Numbers 10:29
And 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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Genesis 36
1. Esau's three wives.
6. His removal to mount Seir.
9. His sons.
15. The dukes which descended of his sons.
20. The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite.
24. Anah finds mules.
31. The kings of Edom.
40. The dukes that descended of Esau.














Verses 4, 5. - And Adah bare to Esau Eliphas; - "The Strength of God" (Gesenius); afterwards the name of one of Job's friends (Job 2:11; Job 4:1; Job 15:1) - and Bashemath bare Reuel; - "The Friend of God" (Gesenius); the name of Moses' father-in-law (Exodus 2:18) - and Aholibamah bare Jeush, - "Collector" (Furst, Lange); "whom God hastens" (Gesenius); afterwards the name of a son of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:19) - and Jaalam, - "whom God hides" (Gesenius); "Ascender of the Mountains" (Furst) - and Korah: - "Baldness" (Furst, Gesenius); the name of a family of Levites and singers in the time of David to whom ten of the psalms are ascribed - these are the sons of Esau, which wore born unto him in the land of Canaan - not necessarily implying' that other sons were born to him in Edom, but rather intimating that all his family were born before he left the Holy Land.

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Hebrew
And Adah
עָדָ֛ה (‘ā·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5711: Adah -- two non-Israelite women

bore
וַתֵּ֧לֶד (wat·tê·leḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

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

to Esau,
לְעֵשָׂ֖ו (lə·‘ê·śāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

Basemath
וּבָ֣שְׂמַ֔ת (ū·ḇā·śə·maṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1315: Basemath -- 'perfume', a wife of Esau, also a daughter of Solomon

gave birth to
יָלְדָ֖ה (yā·lə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

Reuel,
רְעוּאֵֽל׃ (rə·‘ū·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7467: Reuel -- 'friend of God', Moses' father-in-law, also an Edomite, a Gadite, and a Benjamite


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