Genesis 36:13

13 And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah - grandsons of Esau's wife Basemath.

Genesis 36:13 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 36:13

And these [are] the sons of Reuel
Another son of Esau's; this man had four sons, as follow, Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah:
of whom we know no more than their names, unless Maps or Massa, which Ptolemy F26 places in Idumea, should have its name from Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife;
her grandsons, as before.


FOOTNOTES:

F26 Geograph. l. 5. c. 16.

Genesis 36:13 In-Context

11 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 (Eliphaz also had a concubine Timna, who had Amalek.) These are the grandsons of Esau's wife Adah.
13 And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah - grandsons of Esau's wife Basemath.
14 These are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah the son of Zibeon. She gave Esau his sons Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
15 These are the chieftains in Esau's family tree. From the sons of Eliphaz, Esau's firstborn, came the chieftains Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
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