King James Version

Genesis 36:4

And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

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וַתֵּ֧לֶדvateledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…עָדָ֛הadahAdahעָדָהnoun, proper name — “Adah”H5711Adah, the name of two womenAdah.לְעֵשָׂ֖וleesavto Esauעֵשָׂוpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Esau”H6215Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterityEsau.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֱלִיפָ֑זelifazEliphazאֱלִיפַזnoun, proper name — “Eliphaz”H464Eliphaz, the name of one of Job's friends, and of a son of EsauEliphaz.וּבָ֣שְׂמַ֔תuvasematand Bashemathבׇּשְׂמַתconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Bashemath”H1315Bosmath, the name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of SolomonBashemath, Basmath.יָלְדָ֖הyaledahbearיָלַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).רְעוּאֵֽלreuelReuelרְעוּאֵלnoun, proper name — “Reuel”H7467Reuel, the name of Moses' father-in-law, also of an Edomite and an IsraeliteRaguel, Reuel.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel;

Young’s Literal Translation

And Adah beareth to Esau, Eliphaz; and Bashemath hath born Reuel;

World English Bible

Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.

Darby Translation

And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basmath bore Reuel.

Douay-Rheims

And Ada bore Eliphaz: Basemath bore Rahuel:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Ada bore to him Eliphas; and Basemath bore Raguel.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔτεκε δὲ αὐτῷ Ἀδὰ τὸν Ἑλιφάς· καὶ Βασεμὰθ ἔτεκε τὸν Ῥαγουήλ.