Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 36:29 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 29. 29These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
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Role in This Section
Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, and Anah begin the closing list of Horite chiefs, repeating the first four principal Seirite branches.
Read It With
- Genesis 36:9–30
Read verses 20–21 and 29–30 together. The opening pair names seven descendants and identifies them as chiefs; the closing pair restates the same leadership structure after their branches have been expanded.
Why It Needs Context
This first half of the summary is incomplete without verse 30 and should not be treated as a separate hierarchy.
Read Genesis 36:29–30 together
Why these verses belong together: The seven Seirite branch names are repeated as Horite chiefs according to their clans in Seir.
Verse 29. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
Verse 30. 30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 36:9–30 — Esau's Descendants and Seir's Clans Are RecordedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, list sequence, maternal lines, Timna and Amalek, chiefs, Seir and Horite records, Anah's discovery, canonical name comparisons, brotherhood restraint, and later-conflict boundaries.
Exact location: Genesis 36:9–30 in the pinned eng-kjv2006 source; compared with Genesis 15:19; 25:30; 26:34–35; 28:9; 36:1–8, 31–43; 37:1–2; Exodus 17; Deuteronomy 2:4–5, 12, 22; 23:7; 25:17–19; 1 Samuel 15; 1 Chronicles 1:35–42; Job 2:11
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Hebrew genealogical, social-status, political, people-group, gender-inclusive, and obscure-word evidence.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 36:9–30; forms and syntax for toledot, father, sons or descendants, concubine, alluf chiefs, Horite, inhabitants, sister, yēmim, children including a daughter, and chief lists
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