Genesis 36:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:”
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“These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And these <FI>are<Fi> the kings who have reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 36:31 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
- Genesis 17:16And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
- Genesis 25:23and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
- Numbers 20:14From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
- Numbers 24:17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
- Deuteronomy 17:14When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
- Deuteronomy 33:5So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
- Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
- 1 Chronicles 1:43These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.
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