Genesis 36:20

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“These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,”

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BSBPD

“These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 36:20 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 14:6and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
  2. Genesis 36:2Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
  3. Genesis 36:22The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.
  4. Genesis 36:29These are the chiefs of the Horites: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
  5. Deuteronomy 2:12The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
  6. Deuteronomy 2:22just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
  7. 1 Chronicles 1:38The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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