1 Chronicles 1 · Verse 36

1 Chronicles 1:36

The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
1 Chronicles 1:36, King James Version

1 Chronicles 1:36 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.
WEBThe sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.
ASVThe sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
YLTSons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
DARBY— The sons of Eliphaz: Teman and Omar, Zephi and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
BBEThe sons of Eliphaz: Teman and Omar, Zephi and Gatam, Kenaz and Timna and Amalek.
WebsterThe sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

What does 1 Chronicles 1:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
36. sons of Eliphaz--the tribe Adites, in the center country of the Saracens, so called from his mother, Adah (Ge 36:10). Teman--gave rise to the land of Teman, near the head of the Red Sea. Omar--the tribe Beni-Amma, settled at the northern point of Djebel Shera (Mount Seir). Zephi--the tribe Dzaf. Gatam--Katam, inhabited by the tribe Al Saruat, or "people of Sarah." Kenaz--the tribe Aenezes, a tribe whose settlement lies in the neighborhood of Syria. Amalek--the Beni Malak of Zohran, and the Beni Maledj of the Shat el Arab.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:28-54

The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. Ec 1:4; Nu 32:14, and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be…

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1 Chronicles 1:36 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּנֵ֖יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
אֱלִיפָ֑ז'e.li.FazEliphazH464
תֵּימָ֤ןtei.ManTemanH8487
וְאוֹמָר֙ve.'o.Marand OmarH201
צְפִ֣יtze.FiZephiH6825
וְגַעְתָּ֔םve.ga'.Tamand GatamH1609
קְנַ֖זke.NazKenazH7073
וְתִמְנָ֥עve.tim.Na'and TimnaH8555
וַעֲמָלֵֽק\׃\ \סva.'a.ma.Lekand AmalekH6002

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 1:36

  • Amos 1:12

    But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

  • Jeremiah 49:7

    Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

  • 1 Chronicles 1:53

    Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

  • Obadiah 1:9

    And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

  • Genesis 36:11-15

    And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife. And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife. And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. …

  • Jeremiah 49:20

    Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

  • Habakkuk 3:3

    God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Teman.
53; Ge 36:11-15; Jer 49:7,20; Am 1:12; Ob 1:9; Hab 3:3
Zephi. .The various reading of [Taephîy ,] Zephi, and [Taephôy ,] Zepho, is caused simply by the mutation of the Hebrew letter [Yôwd,] {yood,} and [Vâv,] {wav}.
Ge 36:15
Zepho.

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 1:35

    The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:36

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

  • 1 Chronicles 1:37

    The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

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1 Chronicles 1:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los hijos de Eliphas: Themán, Omar, Sephi, Hatham, Chênas, Timna, y Amalec.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Les fils d’Éliphaz: Théman, et Omar, Tsephi, et Gahtam; Kenaz, et Thimna, et Amalek.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Söhne Eliphas: Teman und Omar, Zephi und Gaetam, Kenas und Timna und Amalek.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii Eliphaz: Theman, Omar, Sephi, Gathan, Cenez, Thamna, Amalec.