1 Chronicles 1:38-42

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 

1:40 The sons of Shobal:

Alyan, ²  Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, ³  and Onam.

The sons of Zibeon:

Aiah and Anah.

1:41 The son ⁴  of Anah:

Dishon.

The sons of Dishon:

Hamran, ⁵  Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

1:42 The sons of Ezer:

Bilhan, Zaavan, Jaakan. ⁶ 

The sons of Dishan: ⁷ 

Uz and Aran.

[1:39]  ¹ tn Perhaps this is the Timna mentioned in v. 36.

[1:40]  ² tc Some medieval Hebrew mss and a few LXX mss read “Alvan” (see Gen 36:23).

[1:40]  ³ tc A few medieval Hebrew mss read “Shepho” (see Gen 36:23).

[1:41]  ⁴ 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.

[1:41]  ⁵ 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).

[1:42]  ⁶ 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.

[1:42]  ⁷ tc The MT reads “Dishon” here, but this should be emended to “Dishan.” See the list in v. 38 and Gen 36:28.