Bible Strands
Genesis 36:18
These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. They are the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator continues the Edomite tribal genealogy immediately after listing the chiefs descended from Reuel. This occurs within a structured record of Esau’s descendants settling in the land of Seir.
The words — The term אַלּ֥וּף ('a.Luf) translates literally as chief and identifies Jeush, Jalam, and Korah as tribal leaders. The text explicitly attributes these three chiefs to Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
The thread — The same trio of chiefs appears in Genesis 36:5 and Genesis 36:14 as children born to Esau and Oholibamah. First Chronicles 1:35 repeats Jeush, Jalam, and Korah within a parallel genealogical record of Esau’s line.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track maternal lineage within patriarchal records and recognize how tribal leadership structures are formally documented. It establishes that Esau’s political and familial networks are recorded with precise genealogical boundaries.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
Cross-references
- Genesis 36:14 These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah (daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon) whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
- Genesis 36:5 and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.