Genesis 36:31
And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom, before the children of Israel had a king were these:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
30Duke Dison, duke Eser, duke Disan: these were dukes of the Horrites that ruled in the land of Seir.
32Bela the son of Beer, and the name of his city Denaba.
Cross References
Genesis 17:6And I will make thee increase, exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Genesis 25:23And he answering said: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb, and one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.
Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth.
Deuteronomy 33:5He shall be king with the most right, the princes of the people being assembled with the tribes of Israel.
1 Chronicles 1:43Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there was a king over the children of Israel: Bale the son of Beer: and the name of his city was Denaba.
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 →