Genesis 36:16
New International Version
Korah, Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.

New Living Translation
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Eliphaz. All these were descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.

English Standard Version
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

Berean Standard Bible
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.

King James Bible
Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.

New King James Version
Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These were the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They were the sons of Adah.

New American Standard Bible
chief Korah, chief Gatam, and chief Amalek. These are the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

NASB 1995
chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

NASB 1977
chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

Legacy Standard Bible
chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

Amplified Bible
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Adah.

Christian Standard Bible
chief Korah, chief Gatam, and chief Amalek. These are the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.

American Standard Version
chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

Contemporary English Version
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These and Esau's other descendants lived in the land of Edom.

English Revised Version
duke Korah, duke Gatam, duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were the tribal leaders descended from Eliphaz in Edom. They were the grandsons of Adah.

Good News Translation
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were all descendants of Esau's wife Adah.

International Standard Version
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were the tribal leaders who descended from Eliphaz in the territory of Edom. These were Adah's sons.

Majority Standard Bible
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.

NET Bible
chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.

New Heart English Bible
chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

Webster's Bible Translation
Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes, descendants of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom: these were the sons of Adah.

World English Bible
chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, Chief Amalek; these [are] chiefs of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom; these [are] sons of Adah.

Young's Literal Translation
chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek; these are chiefs of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom; these are sons of Adah.

Smith's Literal Translation
Chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Adam: these the sons of Adah.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Duke Core, duke Gatham, duke Amalech: these are the sons of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom, and these the Bone of Ada.

Catholic Public Domain Version
leader Korah, leader Gatam, leader Amalek. These are the sons of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom, and these the sons of Adah.

New American Bible
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the clans of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Adah.

New Revised Standard Version
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the clans of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Adah.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Chief Gatham, chief Korah, and chief Amalek; these are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Prince Gatham, Prince Qurakh, Prince Amaleeq; these are the Princes of Eliphaz in the land of Adum; these are the sons of Ada.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
the chief of Korah, the chief of Gatam, the chief of Amalek. These are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
chief Core, chief Gothom, chief Amalec. These are the chiefs of Eliphas, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Ada.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Chiefs of Edom
15These are the chiefs among the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, 16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah. 17These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.…

Cross References
Genesis 25:13-16
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, / Mishma, Dumah, Massa, / Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ...

1 Chronicles 1:35-37
The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. / The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek. / The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

Genesis 28:9
Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

Genesis 36:1-8
This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom). / Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, / and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. ...

Genesis 36:12
Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

Genesis 36:19
All these are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and they were their chiefs.

Genesis 36:31-43
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: / Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah. / When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place. ...

Exodus 15:15
Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,

Numbers 20:14-21
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us, / how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, / and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. ...

Deuteronomy 2:4-5
and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful. / Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.

Deuteronomy 23:7-8
Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land. / The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

Obadiah 1:6-9
But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out! / All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it. / In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau? ...

Jeremiah 49:7-10
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed? / Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him. / If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted? ...

Ezekiel 25:12-14
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt, / therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. / I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’

Amos 1:11-12
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly. / So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”


Treasury of Scripture

Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.

Duke Korah.

Genesis 36:11
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

Genesis 36:12
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.

Genesis 36:5
And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.

dukes.

Exodus 15:15
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

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Genesis 36
1. Esau's three wives.
6. His removal to mount Seir.
9. His sons.
15. The dukes which descended of his sons.
20. The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite.
24. Anah finds mules.
31. The kings of Edom.
40. The dukes that descended of Esau.














Korah
Korah is listed as one of the chiefs of Eliphaz, a son of Esau. The name Korah appears elsewhere in the Bible, notably in the rebellion against Moses (Numbers 16), though this is a different individual. The name means "bald" or "ice," and it is important to distinguish between the different Korahs in Scripture. This Korah's role as a chief indicates a position of leadership and influence within the Edomite clan structure.

Gatam
Gatam is another chief of Eliphaz. The name is not widely mentioned elsewhere in the Bible, suggesting that Gatam's influence was primarily within the Edomite context. The name may mean "their touch" or "burnt valley," which could reflect geographical or familial significance. As a chief, Gatam would have had responsibilities in governance and military leadership.

and Amalek
Amalek is a significant figure, as he is the progenitor of the Amalekites, a perennial enemy of Israel. The Amalekites are first mentioned in Genesis 14:7 and later become a symbol of opposition to God's people (Exodus 17:8-16). The conflict with Amalek is seen as a spiritual battle, with Amalek representing forces opposed to God's purposes. This enmity is prophesied to continue until the end times (Exodus 17:16).

They are the chiefs of Eliphaz
Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau, is a prominent figure in Edomite history. As chiefs, Korah, Gatam, and Amalek held positions of authority under Eliphaz, indicating a structured hierarchy within the Edomite tribes. This structure reflects the broader ancient Near Eastern practice of tribal leadership and governance.

in the land of Edom
Edom, located southeast of Israel, is the territory settled by Esau's descendants. The land is characterized by its rugged terrain and strategic location along trade routes. Edom's relationship with Israel is complex, marked by both kinship and conflict. The Edomites' refusal to allow Israel passage during the Exodus (Numbers 20:14-21) exemplifies this tension.

and they are the grandsons of Adah
Adah is one of Esau's wives, and her lineage is significant in the formation of the Edomite tribes. The mention of Adah highlights the matrilineal aspect of tribal identity, which was important in ancient genealogies. This connection underscores the familial ties that shaped the political and social structures of Edom.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Korah
A chief descended from Eliphaz, son of Esau. His name is associated with leadership within the Edomite clans.

2. Gatam
Another chief from the lineage of Eliphaz. His role, like Korah's, signifies the establishment of tribal leadership in Edom.

3. Amalek
A notable chief whose descendants, the Amalekites, would later become significant adversaries of Israel. His mention here foreshadows future conflicts.

4. Eliphaz
The firstborn son of Esau and father of the chiefs mentioned. His lineage is significant in the establishment of the Edomite nation.

5. Edom
The land settled by Esau and his descendants. It represents a nation distinct from Israel, often in opposition to it.
Teaching Points
Understanding Lineage and Legacy
The genealogies in Genesis remind us of the importance of our spiritual heritage and the impact of our actions on future generations.

The Consequences of Conflict
The mention of Amalek foreshadows future hostilities, teaching us about the long-term effects of enmity and the importance of seeking peace.

God's Sovereignty in History
The unfolding of these genealogies shows God's hand in history, orchestrating events according to His divine plan.

The Role of Leadership
The chiefs of Edom illustrate the significance of leadership and its influence on a community or nation.

Distinction Between Nations
The separation of Edom and Israel serves as a reminder of the distinct paths God has for different peoples and the importance of following His specific calling for us.(16) Duke Korah.--The Samaritan Pentateuch rightly omits this name. He was a son of the Horite wife, Aholibamah.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Korah,
קֹ֛רַח (qō·raḥ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7141: Korah -- an Edomite name, also an Israelite name

Gatam,
גַּעְתָּ֖ם (ga‘·tām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1609: Gatam -- an Edomite

and Amalek.
עֲמָלֵ֑ק (‘ă·mā·lêq)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6002: Amalek -- a descendant of Esau, also his posterity

They
אֵ֣לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

are the chiefs
אַלּוּפֵ֤י (’al·lū·p̄ê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 441: Familiar, a friend, gentle, a bullock, a chieftain

of Eliphaz
אֱלִיפַז֙ (’ĕ·lî·p̄az)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 464: Eliphaz -- 'God is fine gold', a son of Esau, also a friend of Job

in the land
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Edom,
אֱד֔וֹם (’ĕ·ḏō·wm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 123: The name of a condiment

[and] they
אֵ֖לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

are the grandsons
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Adah.
עָדָֽה׃ (‘ā·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5711: Adah -- two non-Israelite women


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