Genesis 36:31
And these are the melechim that reigned in Eretz Edom, before there reigned any melech over the Bnei Yisroel.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
32And Bela Ben Be'or reigned in Edom; and the shem of his city was Dinhavah.
Cross References
Genesis 17:6And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make Goyim of thee, and Melechim shall come out of thee.
Genesis 25:23And Hashem said unto her, 1 Two goyim (nations) are in thy womb, 1 and two peoples shall be separated from within thee; 1 and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; 1 and the older shall serve the younger.
Numbers 24:17I see him, but not now; 1 I behold him, but not karov (near); 1 there shall come a Kokhav (Star, i.e. Moshiach, see Targums) out of Ya'akov, 1 and a Shevet (Sceptre) shall rise out of Yisroel, 1 and shall strike through the temples + 24:17 i.e., sides of the head of Moav, 1 and destroy all the Bnei Shet. 1
Deuteronomy 33:5And He was Melech in Yeshurun, 1 when the Rashei Am and the Shivtei Yisroel 1 were gathered together. 1
1 Chronicles 1:43Now these are the melachim that reigned in Eretz Edom before any melech reigned over the Bnei Yisroel: Bela Ben Be'or; and the shem of his city was Dinhavah.
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 →