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Genesis 36:33

And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zara of Bosra reigned in his stead.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Mortuus est autem Bela, et regnavit pro eo Jobab filius Zaræ de Bosra.
Septuagint (Swete)
ἀπέθανεν δὲ Βάλακ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ᾽ αὐτοῦ Ἰωβὰδ υἱὸς Ζάρα ἐκ Βοσόρρας.
Hebrew (WLC)
וַיָּ֖מָת בָּ֑לַע וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו יוֹבָ֥ב בֶּן זֶ֖רַח מִבָּצְרָֽה

Haydock's commentary

Jobab. Most people suppose this is Job, the model of patience. (Menochius)

Bosra, or Bezer, was the capital of Idumea, in the tribe of Ruben. (Calmet)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.