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The Descendants of Seir

38 The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

39 The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. (Timna was Lotan’s sister.)[a]

40 The sons of Shobal: Alyan,[b] Manahath, Ebal, Shephi,[c] and Onam.

The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

41 The son[d] of Anah: Dishon.

The sons of Dishon: Hamran,[e] Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, Jaakan.[f]

The sons of Dishan:[g] Uz and Aran.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:39 tn Perhaps this is the Timna mentioned in v. 36.
  2. 1 Chronicles 1:40 tc Some medieval Hebrew mss and a few LXX mss read “Alvan” (see Gen 36:23).
  3. 1 Chronicles 1:40 tc A few medieval Hebrew mss read “Shepho” (see Gen 36:23).
  4. 1 Chronicles 1:41 tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed. For stylistic reasons the singular “son” was used in the translation.
  5. 1 Chronicles 1:41 tn The parallel geneaology in Gen 36:26 has the variant spelling “Hemdan.” Some English versions follow the variant spelling here (e.g., NAB, NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT).
  6. 1 Chronicles 1:42 tn The parallel geneaology in Gen 36:27 has the variant spelling “Akan.” Among English versions that use the variant spelling here are NIV, NCV, NLT.
  7. 1 Chronicles 1:42 tc The MT reads “Dishon” here, but this should be emended to “Dishan.” See the list in v. 38 and Gen 36:28.

38 Seir’s descendants were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

39 Lotan’s descendants were Hori and Homam. Lotan’s sister was Timna.

40 Shobal’s descendants were Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam.

Zibeon’s descendants were Aiah and Anah.

41 Anah’s descendant was Dishon.

Dishon’s descendants were Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

42 Ezer’s descendants were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan.[a]

Dishan’s[b] descendants were Uz and Aran.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:42 Or Akan; cf. Gen 36:27
  2. 1 Chronicles 1:42 MT reads Dishon; cf. Gen 36:28