King James Version

Genesis 36:9

And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

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וְאֵ֛לֶּהveelehand theseאֵלֶּהconjunction, pronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “and these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).תֹּלְד֥וֹתtoledotbirthתּוֹלְדָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “birth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8435(plural only) descent, i.e. family; (figuratively) historybirth, generations.עֵשָׂ֖וesavEsauעֵשָׂוnoun, proper name — “Esau”H6215Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterityEsau.אֲבִ֣יavifatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.אֱד֑וֹםedomEdomאֱדֹםnoun, proper name — “Edom”H123Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by himEdom, Edomites, Idumea.בְּהַ֖רbeharin hillהַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in hill”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.שֵׂעִֽירseirSeirשֵׂעִירnoun, proper name — “Seir”H8165Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in PalestineSeir.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And these are the generations of Esau the father of a the Edomites in the mountain-land of Seir.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

Young’s Literal Translation

And these [are] births of Esau, father of Edom, in mount Seir.

World English Bible

This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir:

Darby Translation

And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, in mount Seir.

Douay-Rheims

And these are the generations of Esau the father of Edom in mount Seir,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And these are the generations of Esau the father of a the Edomites in the mountain-land of Seir.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom in the mount Seir.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεις Ἡσαῦ πατρὸς Ἐδὼμ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σηείρ.