Genesis 36:31
Now before the sons of Israel had a king, the kings who ruled in the land of Edom were these:
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32Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
Cross References
Genesis 17:6And I will cause you to increase very greatly, and I will set you among the nations, and kings will come forth from you.
Genesis 25:23And responding, he said, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be divided out of your womb, and one people will overcome the other people, and the elder will serve the younger.”
Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not presently. I shall gaze upon him, but not soon. A star shall rise out of Jacob, and a rod shall spring up from Israel. And he shall strike down the commanders of Moab, and he shall devastate all the sons of Seth.
Deuteronomy 33:5The king shall have great righteousness, at the gathering of the princes of the people with the tribes of Israel.
1 Chronicles 1:43Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there was a king over the sons of Israel: Bela, the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 36:21-31
20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. 23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he… Read the whole commentary →