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Bela

Mentioned 1868–1755 BC traditional (Jones)

The son of Beor, and a king of Edom (Gen. 36:32, 33; 1 Chr. 1:43).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Beor
Tagged in
4 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Family tree of Bela: two generations up and down, with partners and siblings.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Bela, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

  1. likely location: Bozrah2
  2. uncertain location: Dinhabah2
  3. location not graded: Edom2

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1896–1727 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Timeline of Bela’s mentions beside the people of the same era.

Mentions

Begat counts Bela in 4 tagged verses across 2 books.

Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Genesis2
  2. 1 Chronicles2

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBBela 14
KJVBela 13
ASVBela 14

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 4 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis2 verses
  1. 36:32

    Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.

  2. 36:33

    When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

1 Chronicles2 verses
  1. 1:43

    These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.

  2. 1:44

    When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

The son of Beor, and a king of Edom (Gen. 36:32, 33; 1 Chr. 1:43).