Text -- 1 Chronicles 1:37-54 (NET)

1:37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

The Descendants of Seir

1:38 The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. 1:39 The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. (Timna was Lotan’s sister.) 1:40 The sons of Shobal: Alyan, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. 1:41 The son of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. 1:42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

Kings of Edom

1:43 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor; the name of his city was Dinhabah. 1:44 When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah, succeeded him. 1:45 When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him. 1:46 When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad succeeded him. He struck down the Midianites in the plains of Moab; the name of his city was Avith. 1:47 When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him. 1:48 When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him. 1:49 When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Achbor succeeded him. 1:50 When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad succeeded him; the name of his city was Pai. His wife was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-Zahab.

Tribal Chiefs of Edom

1:51 Hadad died. The tribal chiefs of Edom were: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 1:52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 1:53 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 1:54 Magdiel, Iram. These were the tribal chiefs of Edom.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:39

¹ tn Perhaps this is the Timna mentioned in v. 36.

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:40

¹ tc Some medieval Hebrew mss and a few LXX mss read “Alvan” (see Gen 36:23).

² tc A few medieval Hebrew mss read “Shepho” (see Gen 36:23).

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:41

¹ 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.

² 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).

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:42

¹ 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.

² tc The MT reads “Dishon” here, but this should be emended to “Dishan.” See the list in v. 38 and Gen 36:28.

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:44

¹ tn Heb “ruled in his place,” here and in vv. 45-50.

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:48

¹ tn Or “near the river.”

sn The river may refer to the Euphrates River (cf. NRSV, CEV, NLT).

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:50

¹ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss, along with some LXX mss, the Syriac, and Vulgate, read “Pau.” See also Gen 36:39.

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:53

¹ tn The parallel genealogy in Gen 36:42 has the variant spelling “Temam.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:54

¹ tn Each of the names in this list is preceded by the word “chief” in the Hebrew text. This has not been included in the translation because it would appear very redundant to the modern reader.