And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.

GENESIS 36:22KJV
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Genesis 36:22 (KJV)

What does Genesis 36:22 mean?

Genesis 36:22 records part of Lotan’s family within a list of the people who lived in the region of Seir. It identifies two children in his family line and also preserves the name of his sister.

The sentence gives Lotan’s sister a separate place in the family record rather than placing her among his children. That distinction helps readers follow the relationships among the names in the passage.

Where else these words appear

“Hori” Hebrew H2753 · used in 4 verses

  • Genesis 36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
  • Numbers 13:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.

“Lotan” Hebrew H3877 · used in 5 verses

  • Genesis 36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
  • Genesis 36:29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
  • 1 Chronicles 1:38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

“Timna” Hebrew H8555 · used in 6 verses

  • 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 36:40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
  • 1 Chronicles 1:39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.

“sister” Hebrew H269 · used in 104 verses

  • Genesis 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
  • Leviticus 18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
  • Job 1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.