Genesis 36:31 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

These were the kings who ruled Edom before any king ruled the people of Israel:(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

ASV:

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

BBE:

And these are the kings who were ruling in the land of Edom before there was any king over the children of Israel.

DBY:

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before there reigned a king over the children of Israel.

ERV:

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

JPS:

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

WBS:

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

WEB:

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel.

YLT:

And these are the kings who have reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel.

Genesis 36:31 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 17:6 "I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you.

Genesis 17:16 "I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."

Genesis 35:11 God also said to him, "I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, And kings shall come forth from you.

1 Chronicles 1:43 Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king of the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

36:31 And these [are] the {g} kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
(g) The wicked rise up suddenly to honour and perish as quickly: but the inheritance of the children of God continues forever, Ps 102:28.

WES:

36:31 By degrees the Edomites worked out the Horites, and got full possession of the country. They were ruled by kings who governed the whole country, and seem to have come to the throne by election, and not by lineal descent: these kings reigned in Edom before there reigned any king over the children of Israel - That is, before Moses's time, for he was king in Jeshurun. God had lately promised Jacob that kings shall come out of his loins: yet Esau's blood becomes royal long before any of Jacob's did. Probably it was a trial to the faith of Israel, to hear of the power of the kings of Edom, while they were bond - slaves in Egypt: but those that look for great things from God must be content to wait for them. God's time is the best time. They were afterward's governed by dukes again, here named, who, I suppose, ruled all at the same time in several places in the country. They set up this form of government, either in conformity to the Horites, who had used it, Ge 36:29, or God's providence reduced them to it, as some conjecture, to correct them for their unkindness to Israel, in refusing them passage through their country, Num 20:18.

MHC:

36:1-43 Esau and his descendants. - The registers in this chapter show the faithfulness of God to his promise to Abraham. Esau is here called Edom, that name which kept up the remembrance of his selling his birth-right for a mess of pottage. Esau continued the same profane despiser of heavenly things. In outward prosperity and honour, the children of the covenant are often behind, and those that are out of the covenant get the start. We may suppose it a trial to the faith of God's Israel, to hear of the pomp and power of the kings of Edom, while they were bond-slaves in Egypt; but those that look for great things from God, must be content to wait for them; God's time is the best time. Mount Seir is called the land of their possession. Canaan was at this time only the land of promise. Seir was in the possession of the Edomites. The children of this world have their all in hand, and nothing in hope, Lu 16:25; while the children of God have their all in hope, and next to nothing in hand. But, all things considered, it is beyond compare better to have Canaan in promise, than mount Seir in possession.

CONC:

Edom Israelite Israelites Kings Reigned Reigning Ruling Sons

Children Edom Israel Israelite Israelites Kings Reigned Reigning Ruling

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