Genesis 36 — Rabbi

Genesis 36:1

וְאֵ֛לֶּה

ʼêl-leh

and — these or those תֹּלְד֥וֹת

tôwlᵉdâh

(plural only) descent, i.e. family; (figuratively) history עֵשָׂ֖ו

ʻÊsâv

Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity ה֥וּא

hûwʼ

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are אֱדֽוֹם

ʼĔdôm

Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him

Genesis 36:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

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Now these are the records of the

Structural Refrain

This "these are the generations of" (toledot) heading is the same structural formula that has organized Genesis from the very start (2:4, 5:…descendants

Structural Refrain

This "these are the generations of" (toledot) heading is the same structural formula that has organized Genesis from the very start (2:4, 5:… of Esau,

Structural Refrain

This "these are the generations of" (toledot) heading is the same structural formula that has organized Genesis from the very start (2:4, 5:… (that is, Edom).

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The next "generations of" heading -- Jacob's, not a rejected brother's -- the formula's final and permanent turn toward the chosen line.

Genesis 36:1 · WEB

Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).

Genesis 37:2 · WEB

This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“Now these are the records of the descendants of Esau, (that is, Edom).”

Genesis 36:1

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