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Genesis 36:26

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And these are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
Genesis 36:26 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB These are the children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
  • KJV And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
  • BSB These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
  • NKJV These were the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
  • NLT The descendants of Dishon were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

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Quick answer

This names the four sons of Dishon, a Horite clan. It continues the catalog of Seir's descendants.

Overview

Dishon's sons—Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran—are listed among the Horite clans. These names round out another branch of the people who lived in Seir before Edom's rise. The patient record-keeping testifies that no people's history is forgotten before God.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 1

  • 1 Chr 1:41The son of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (7)
CHERANDUKEEDOMITESESHBANHEMDANITHRANSEIR

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Christ at the center

From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.

How Genesis 36:26 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And these are the childrenבֵּןof DishonדִּישׁוֹןHemdanחֶמְדָּןand Eshbanאֶשְׁבָּןand Ithranיִתְרָןand Cheranכְּרָן
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