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Genesis 36:27

These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

  • KJV King James Version

    The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Genesis 36:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Genesis 36:21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:38 The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

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Explain this verse (2 sources)

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom,....…

And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom,.... His name was not Balac, as the Septuagint version, which may lead to think of Balak king of Moab; nor is this the same with Balaam, the son of Beor, who lived ages after, as some in Aben Ezra: who he was we know no more of than what is here said; he was the first Horite king, and is placed by Mr. Bedford (i) in A. M. 2002:

and the name of his city was Dinhabah, the place either where he was born, or where he had been governor before, but of it we read nowhere else.

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(i) Scripture Chronology, p. 316.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, (Gesenius), "Tender"…

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