1 Chronicles 1:34-42

Isaac’s Descendants

1:34 Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac:

Esau and Israel.

Esau’s Descendants

1:35 The sons of Esau:

Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

1:36 The sons of Eliphaz:

Teman, Omar, Zephi, ¹  Gatam, Kenaz, and (by Timna) Amalek. ² 

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.) ³ 

1:40 The sons of Shobal:

Alyan, ⁴  Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, ⁵  and Onam.

The sons of Zibeon:

Aiah and Anah.

1:41 The son ⁶  of Anah:

Dishon.

The sons of Dishon:

Hamran, ⁷  Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

1:42 The sons of Ezer:

Bilhan, Zaavan, Jaakan. ⁸ 

The sons of Dishan: ⁹ 

Uz and Aran.

¹ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss, along with some LXX mss and the Syriac, read “Zepho” (see Gen 36:11).

² tn The Hebrew text has simply, “and Timna and Amalek,” but Gen 36:12 indicates that Timna, a concubine of Eliphaz, was the mother of Amalek. See also v. 39 below, which states that Timna was the sister of Lotan.

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

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).

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).

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.