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Genesis 36:24
These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The passage functions as a genealogical insertion within a broader family record, identifying the descendants of Zibeon amid the genealogies of Esau’s relatives.
The words — The Hebrew name עֲנָה ('a.Nah) appears twice in immediate succession, first listing him as a son and then clarifying his identity as the man who located the wilderness hot springs while tending his father’s donkeys.
The thread — This entry is structurally bounded by Genesis 36:23 and Genesis 36:25, which list the sons of Shobal and the children of Anah respectively.
Why it lands — The text records a specific geographic discovery and familial relationship without commentary, requiring the reader to track precise lineage and local history without adding theological or moral interpretation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 19:19 You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
- Deuteronomy 2:10 (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
- 2 Samuel 13:29 So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.
- 2 Samuel 18:9 Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
- 1 Kings 1:38 Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
- 1 Kings 1:44 And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.
- 1 Kings 4:28 Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
- Zechariah 14:15 And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.