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Genesis 36:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" These are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. "
Genesis 36:23
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21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
22 The children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan’s sister was Timna.
23 These are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
25 These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
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Genesis 36:1
"Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom)."
Genesis 36:2
"Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite;"
Genesis 36:3
"and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebaioth."
Genesis 36:4
"Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel."
Genesis 36:5
"Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan."
Genesis 36:6
"Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob."
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