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1 Chronicles 1:35 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 35. 35The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
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Quick Meaning
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech: “The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Esau and Seir's households are remembered.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 1:35–42
Read 1 Chronicles 1:35 with 1:35–42. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Esau's sons and Seir's descendants are named, including Timna as Lotan's sister.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Esau and Seir's households are remembered,” 1 Chronicles 1:35 opens the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech through the wording “The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The list pauses over Edomite and Horite relationships before recording Edom's kings, keeping neighboring peoples visible. 1 Chronicles 1:28–34 has just established this prior movement: Isaac and Ishmael are named, Ishmael's sons and Keturah's descendants are retained, and Isaac's sons Esau and Israel close the unit. Together those details explain why “Esau and Seir's households are remembered” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 1 Chronicles 1:35–42 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 1:35–42 forms the complete movement “Esau and Seir's households are remembered”: Esau's sons and Seir's descendants are named, including Timna as Lotan's sister.
Verse 35. 35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
Verse 36. 36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
Verse 37. 37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
Verse 38. 38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
Verse 39. 39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan’s sister.
Verse 40. 40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
Verse 41. 41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
Verse 42. 42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
What Remains True
Communal memory must preserve real people, households, disruptions, and belonging without turning ancestry into superiority, spiritual rank, or entitlement. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Esau's sons and Seir's descendants are named, including Timna as Lotan's sister. In 1 Chronicles 1:35, the concrete line “The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.” When a community tells its story, document people accurately, notice women and outsiders as persons, state gaps honestly, and reject ancestry tests for dignity, faith, citizenship, land, or leadership. This response follows from the unit's own movement: Esau's sons and Seir's descendants are named, including Timna as Lotan's sister.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 1 Chronicles 1:35–42, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 1:35–42
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 1:35–42, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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