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1 Chronicles 1:35

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What does 1 Chronicles 1:35 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.
1 Chronicles 1:35 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 1

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
32And the sons of Keturah, Abraham`s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.
33And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.
35The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.
36The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
37The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“sons of Esau: Gen 36:4, Gen 36:5, Gen 36:9, Gen 36:10 1 Chronicles 1:36”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“The posterity of Esau and Seir. - An extract from Gen 36:1-30. Ch1 1:35. The five sons of Esau are the same who, according to Gen 36:4., were born to him of his three wives in the land of Canaan. יעוּשׁ is another form of יעישׁ, Gen 36:5 (Kethibh). Ch1 1:36-37 The grandchildren of Esau. In Ch1 1:36 there are first enumerated five sons of his son Eliphaz, as in Gen 36:11, for צפי is only another form of צפו (Gen.). Next to these five names are ranged in addition ועמלק ותמנע, "Timna and Amalek," while we learn from Gen 36:12 that Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, who bore to him Amalek. The addition of the two names Timna and Amalek in the Chronicle thus appears to be merely an abbreviation,…”
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