וַיָּ֖מָת בָּ֑לַע וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו יוֹבָ֥ב בֶּן זֶ֖רַח מִבָּצְרָֽה
Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
World English Bible · Public Domain
Genesis 36:33
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Genesis 36:33 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.
English Translation
Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
Download a study sheet
One document with this verse’s original text, its word-by-word gloss line, the meaning frame, cross-references with their text, attributed commentary, and full source and license credits — printable, and it pastes into notes with its structure intact.
This verse Autodidact and up
A passage Seminary Student
Up to 50 verses in one chapter. A passage sheet keeps up to 6 commentary sources and 12 cross-references per verse, in the order this page ranks them, and says so on the sheet whenever that leaves anything out. Ask for a single verse and you get the Autodidact verse sheet above.
Everything on this page stays free to read, with no account — the sheet is a download of what is already on screen, not access to it.
Want to remove ads?
Support Godless Engineer
Compare translations 3
The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
-
World English Bible Public Domain
Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
-
King James Version Public Domain
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
-
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
Show all 18 translations
Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
-
World English Bible Public Domain
Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
-
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
-
Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
-
King James Version Public Domain
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
-
American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
-
Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
-
Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And when Bela dyed, Iobab the sonne of Zerah of Bozra reigned in his steade.
-
Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zara of Bosra reigned in his stead.
-
Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah;
-
Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and Bela dies, and Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigns in his stead;
-
Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
When Bela died, then Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
-
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
-
Darby Bible Public Domain
And Bela died; and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
-
World Messianic Bible Public Domain
Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
-
Webster's Bible Public Domain
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
-
Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
When Bela died, Jobab, son of Zerah from Bozrah, took over as king.
-
Bible in Basic English Public Domain
At his death, Jobab, son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.
-
JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
Literal Standard Version (2020), Covenant Press — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). Unlocked Literal Bible (unfoldingWord) — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult). Free Bible Version, Dr. Jonathan Gallagher — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org).
Word by word
More ways to search: Search by grammar → Find every occurrence → Compare this word →
Practice this passage: Drill this verse → Learn its vocabulary →
מִבָּצְרָֽה
Botsrâh
H1224
“from · Bozrah”
Preposition + Noun, Proper
- Appears 8× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Preposition + Noun
- Type
- Proper
Full BDB Definition
Bozrah = "sheepfold" or " fortress"
- a town in Edom
- a town in Moab
- וַיָּ֖מָת mûwth H4191 “and · to die” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- בָּ֑לַע Belaʻ H1106 “Bela” Noun, Proper
- וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ mâlak H4427 “and · to reign” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- תַּחְתָּ֔יו tachath H8478 “under · him” Preposition + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- יוֹבָ֥ב Yôwbâb H3103 “Jobab” Noun, Proper
- בֶּן bên H1121 “son of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
- זֶ֖רַח Zerach H2226 “Zerah” Noun, Proper
- מִבָּצְרָֽה Botsrâh H1224 “from · Bozrah” Preposition + Noun, Proper
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 8
- words
- 8
- distinct lemmas
- Pentateuch
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is מִבָּצְרָֽה Bozrah H1224 — appearing just 8 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:
- מִבָּצְרָֽה Bozrah H1224
Shared distinctive vocabulary
מִבָּצְרָֽה Bozrah H1224 occurs in 8 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 2 verbs
- 5 nouns
- 1 preposition
Verb forms
- וַיָּ֖מָת Qal · Sequential Imperfect
- וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 14 words from the Hebrew and 14 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 8 Hebrew tokens and 12 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
6Topical passages linked to Genesis 36:33 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 49:13 For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities of it shall be perpetual wastes.
- Jeremiah 49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
- Isaiah 34:6 The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- Isaiah 63:1 Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
- Amos 1:12 But I will send a fire on Teman, And it will devour the palaces of Bozrah."
- Micah 2:12 I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, As a flock in the midst of their pasture; They will swarm with people.
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
ἀποθνήσκω δέ βαλακ καί βασιλεύω ἀντί αὐτός ιωβαβ υἱός ζαρα ἐκ βοσορρα
And Balac died; and Jobab, son of Zara, from Bosorrha reigned in his stead.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
On this verse, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓
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)
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.
-
Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וּמִית בָּלַע וּמְלַךְ תְּחוֹתוֹהִי יוֹבָב בַּר זֶרַח מִבָּצְרָה
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
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.
-
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וּמִית בֶּלַע וּמְלַךְ תְּחוֹתוֹי יוֹבָב בַּר זֶרַח מִבָּצְרָה
And Bela died, and in his stead reigned Jobab the son of Zerach of Botsra.
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.
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Genesis, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 8 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Botsrâh (“Bozrah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word Botsrâh carries the sense “Bozrah.” How does it shape the verse?
- This is the first place “Bozrah” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
- How does 1 Chronicles 1:44, which shares the word «Bozrah», read alongside this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- «וַיָּ֖מָת» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
- Compare how Adam Clarke's Commentary and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- This verse counts 8 Hebrew ↔ 12 Greek words.
- These translations choose different wording for 2 words in this verse.
- 8 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Genesis 36:33 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 →
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.