Genesis 36:18

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Genesis 36:18 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs who came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs who came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And these the sons of Oholibamah, the wife of Esau: Chief Jeush, Chief Jalam, Chief Korah. Those the chiefs of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs who came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. They are the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. They are the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And these are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jalam, duke Korah: these are the dukes that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Likewise these were the sonnes of Aholibamah Esaus wife: Duke Ieush, Duke Iaalam, Duke Korah: these Dukes came of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah Esaus wife.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And these the sons of Oolibama the wife of Esau: duke Jehus, duke Ihelon, duke Core. These are the dukes of Oolibama, the daughter of Ana, and wife of Esau.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And these `are' sons of Aholibamah wife of Esau: chief Jeush, chief Jaalam, chief Korah; these `are' chiefs of Aholibamah daughter of Anah, wife of Esau.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And these [are] sons of Aholibamah wife of Esau: Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, Chief Korah; these [are] chiefs of Aholibamah daughter of Anah, wife of Esau.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    These were the clans of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: Jeush, Jalam, Korah. These are the clans that descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And these the sons of Oholibamah, the wife of Esau: Chief Jeush, Chief Jalam, Chief Korah. Those the chiefs of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    -- And these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jaalam, chief Korah; these are the chiefs of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These are the chiefs who came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes, descendants of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah Esau's wife.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: tribal leaders Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. They were the tribal leaders descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah: these were the chiefs who came from Esau's wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And these are the sons of Oholibamah Esau's wife: the chief of Jeush, the chief of Jalam, the chief of Korah. These are the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.

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יַעְלָ֖ם
Yaʻlâm
H3281
“Jaalam”
Noun, Proper
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Proper
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H5956

TWOT: None

Jaalam = "concealed" - an Edomite, descendant of Esau
  1. וְאֵ֗לֶּה ʼêl-leh H428 “and · these” Conjunction + Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural
  2. בְּנֵ֤י bên H1121 “sons of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  3. אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙ ʼOhŏlîybâmâh H173 “Aholibamah” Noun, Proper
  4. אֵ֣שֶׁת ʼishshâh H802 “woman of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  5. עֵשָׂ֔ו ʻÊsâv H6215 “Esau” Noun, Proper
  6. אַלּ֥וּף ʼallûwph H441 “intimate” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  7. יְע֛וּשׁ Yᵉʻûwsh H3266 “Jehush” Noun, Proper
  8. אַלּ֥וּף ʼallûwph H441 “intimate” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  9. אַלּ֣וּף ʼallûwph H441 “intimate” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  10. קֹ֑רַח Qôrach H7141 “Korah” Noun, Proper
  11. אֵ֣לֶּה ʼêl-leh H428 “these” Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural
  12. אַלּוּפֵ֞י ʼallûwph H441 “intimates of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  13. אָֽהֳלִיבָמָ֛ה ʼOhŏlîybâmâh H173 “Aholibamah” Noun, Proper
  14. בַּת bath H1323 “daughter of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  15. עֲנָ֖ה ʻĂnâh H6034 “Anah” Noun, Proper
  16. אֵ֥שֶׁת ʼishshâh H802 “woman of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  17. עֵשָֽׂו ʻÊsâv H6215 “Esau” Noun, Proper

About this verse

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18
words
11
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is יַעְלָ֖ם Jaalam H3281 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

יַעְלָ֖ם Jaalam H3281 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 16 nouns
  • 2 pronouns

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • אַלּ֥וּף intimate H441 ×4
  • אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙ Aholibamah H173 ×2
  • אֵ֣שֶׁת woman H802 ×2
  • עֵשָׂ֔ו Esau H6215 ×2
  • וְאֵ֗לֶּה these H428 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 28 words from the Hebrew and 28 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 18 Hebrew tokens and 15 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Genesis 36:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Genesis 36:14 These were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
  • Genesis 36:5 Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Genesis 36:18 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְאֵ֗לֶּה בְּנֵ֤י אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת עֵשָׂ֔ו אַלּ֥וּף יְע֛וּשׁ אַלּ֥וּף יַעְלָ֖ם אַלּ֣וּף קֹ֑רַח אֵ֣לֶּה אַלּוּפֵ֞י אָֽהֳלִיבָמָ֛ה בַּת עֲנָ֖ה אֵ֥שֶׁת עֵשָֽׂו

These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs who came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Genesis 36:18 Septuagint · lemma form

οὗτος δέ υἱός ελιβεμα γυνή ησαυ ἡγεμών ιεους ἡγεμών ιεγλομ ἡγεμών κορε οὗτος ἡγεμών ελιβεμα

And these are the sons of Olibema, wife of Esau; chief Jeus, chief Jeglom, chief Core. These are the chiefs of Olibema, daughter of Ana, wife of Esau.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְאִלֵּין בְּנֵי אָהֳלִיבָמָה אִתַּת עֵשָׂו רַבָּא יְעוּשׁ רַבָּא יַעְלָם רַבָּא קֹרַח אִלֵּין רַבְרְבֵי אָהֳלִיבָמָה בַּת עֲנָה אִתַּת עֵשָׂו

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    Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְאִלֵין בְּנֵי אָהֳלִיבָמָה אִיתַּת עֵשָו רַבָּא יְעוּשׁ רַבָּא יַעְלָם רַבָּא קרַח אִלֵין רַבְרְבֵי אָהֳלִיבָמָה בְּרַת עֲנָה אִיתַּת עֵשָו

    And these are the sons of Ahalibama wife of Esau; Rabba Jeush, Rabba Jaalam, Rabba Korach; these are the chieftains of Ahalibama, daughter of Adah wife of Esau.

    Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Genesis 36:18 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(18) Duke Jeusn . . . —Aholibamah’s three sons are dukes, but only the grandsons of the other wives. The reason of this probably is that she belonged to the dominant family of Seir, and her sons took the command of districts and tribes of the Horite people in her right.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heman,.... The first of these seems to have his name from the general name of the tribe or nation, and the other is called Homam, Ch1 1:39,

and Lotan's sister was Timna: whom Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau took for his concubine, Gen 36:12; for the sake of which her relation to Lotan is here mentioned; and she is said to be the sister of this man particularly, though there were seven brethren of them, because she might be his sister both by father and mother's side, when she was not of the other only by the father's side.

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

And these are the sons of Aholi-bamah Esau"s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Allah, Esau"s wife. In the two previous instances it is the grandsons of Esau that become the alluphim or heads of tribes, while in this it is the sons, which Havernick regards as a mark of authenticity (vide "Introd.,"

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Genesis, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 18 words (11 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Yaʻlâm (“Jaalam”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word Yaʻlâm carries the sense “Jaalam.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. Genesis 36:5 shares the word «Jaalam» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “intimate” occurs 4× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  5. Reading how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and John Gill's Exposition read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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