_NOW THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF ESAU, WHO IS EDOM_ _ NOW THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF ESAU, WHO IS EDOM._ These are the generations - history of the leading men and events (cf. Genesis 2:4). Conformably to the plan pursued in the composition of this historical book, the Tholedoth of Esau precedes... [ Continue Reading ]
_ESAU TOOK HIS WIVES OF THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN; ADAH THE DAUGHTER OF ELON THE HITTITE, AND AHOLIBAMAH THE DAUGHTER OF ANAH THE DAUGHTER OF ZIBEON THE HIVITE;_ Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan. The difference in the names of Esau's wives has given rise to various theories of explanati... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BASHEMATH ISHMAEL'S DAUGHTER, SISTER OF NEBAJOTH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ESAU TOOK HIS WIVES, AND HIS SONS, AND HIS DAUGHTERS, AND ALL THE PERSONS OF HIS HOUSE, AND HIS CATTLE, AND ALL HIS BEASTS, AND ALL HIS SUBSTANCE, WHICH HE HAD GOT IN THE LAND OF CANAAN; AND WENT INTO THE COUNTRY FROM THE FACE OF HIS BROTHER JACOB._ Esau ... went into the country from the face... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS DWELT ESAU IN MOUNT SEIR: ESAU IS EDOM._ Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir. This was divinely assigned as his possession (Joshua 24:4; Deuteronomy 2:5). It was not a "land of promise" to him, as Canaan was to Jacob; but as the prediction in his father's testamentary blessing pointed, so he receiv... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF ESAU THE FATHER OF THE EDOMITES IN MOUNT SEIR:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE ARE THE NAMES OF ESAU'S SONS; ELIPHAZ THE SON OF ADAH THE WIFE OF ESAU, REUEL THE SON OF BASHEMATH THE WIFE OF ESAU._ These are the names of Esau's sons. They were five in number. Adah and Bashemath had each one son, while Aholibamah was the mother of three sons, all of whom became heads of... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE WERE DUKES OF THE SONS OF ESAU: THE SONS OF ELIPHAZ THE FIRSTBORN SON OF ESAU; DUKE TEMAN, DUKE OMAR, DUKE ZEPHO, DUKE KENAZ,_ Dukes, х_ 'LUWPIYM_ (H441)] - phylarchs, leaders, chieftains of tribes. The term, though used in the general sense of ruler by the later Hebrew writers (Jeremiah 13:... [ Continue Reading ]
_DUKE KORAH, DUKE GATAM, AND DUKE AMALEK: THESE ARE THE DUKES THAT CAME OF ELIPHAZ IN THE LAND OF EDOM; THESE WERE THE SONS OF ADAH._ Duke Amalek. His mother, Timna, who was concubine of Eliphaz, was the great-granddaughter of Seir (see the note at Genesis 36:20). The tribe of Amalek early separate... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THESE ARE THE SONS OF REUEL ESAU'S SON; DUKE NAHATH, DUKE ZERAH, DUKE SHAMMAH, DUKE MIZZAH: THESE ARE THE DUKES THAT CAME OF REUEL IN THE LAND OF EDOM; THESE ARE THE SONS OF BASHEMATH ESAU'S WIFE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE ARE THE SONS OF SEIR THE HORITE, WHO INHABITED THE LAND; LOTAN, AND SHOBAL, AND ZIBEON, AND ANAH,_ These are the sons of Seir the Horite. Seir, with a colony of Horites from Lebanon, settled in the mountains south of Canaan a generation before the time of Abraham, and in their new possession... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THESE ARE THE KINGS THAT REIGNED IN THE LAND OF EDOM, BEFORE THERE REIGNED ANY KING OVER THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._ These are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom. This is not meant to indicate that a political revolution had taken place in Edom by the erection of one great consolidated ki... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BELA THE SON OF BEOR REIGNED IN EDOM: AND THE NAME OF HIS CITY WAS DINHABAH._ Dinhabah х_ DINHAABAAH_ (H1838)] - place of plundering; i:e., robbers' den (Gesenius); probably an early haunt of the predatory Horites. Eusebius and Jerome state that there was a village so called, eight miles from... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BELA DIED, AND JOBAB THE SON OF ZERAH OF BOZRAH REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ Jobab the son of Zerah. This grandson of Esau is, in the Septuagint addition to the book of Job, borrowed from the Syriac, identified with the patriarch of Uz. BOZRAH. Dr. Robinson ('Biblical Researches in Palestine,' 2:,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOBAB DIED, AND HUSHAM OF THE LAND OF TEMANI REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ Husham of the land of Temani - or the Temanites. [The Septuagint has: ek tees gees Thaimanoon]. Eusebius and Jerome mention a town, Teman, fifteen miles from Petra. Burckhardt identifies it with the present Maan. Wilton (Negeb... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HUSHAM DIED, AND HADAD THE SON OF BEDAD, WHO SMOTE MIDIAN IN THE FIELD OF MOAB, REIGNED IN HIS STEAD: AND THE NAME OF HIS CITY WAS AVITH._ Aih Avith - i:e., ruins. This royal city has been 'identified with Khurabet el-'Abid (the ruins of 'Abid), in the plain east of Mount Seir, and midway betw... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HADAD DIED, AND SAMLAH OF MASREKAH REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ Samlah of Masrekah - literally, from Masrekah, Eusebius and Jerome concur in placing Masrekah in Gebalene (now Jebal), in the northern portions of Idumea х_ MASREEQAAH_ (H4957) - i:e., a vineyard of noble vines]; and Burckhardt ('Travel... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMLAH DIED, AND SAUL OF REHOBOTH BY THE RIVER REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ Saul of Rehoboth by the river - rather, Rehoboth of the river; i:e., the Euphrates. The site of this place is supposed by Col. Chesney ('Euphrat. Exped,' 1:, p. 119) to be at Rahabeh, on the right bank, a little below the co... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAUL DIED, AND BAALHANAN THE SON OF ACHBOR REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BAALHANAN THE SON OF ACHBOR DIED, AND HADAR REIGNED IN HIS STEAD: AND THE NAME OF HIS CITY WAS PAU; AND HIS WIFE'S NAME WAS MEHETABEL, THE DAUGHTER OF MATRED, THE DAUGHTER OF MEZAHAB._ Hadar - or Hadad (1 Chronicles 1:50-51). [The Septuagint has: Arad huios Barad.] PAU - or Pai (1 Chronicles... [ Continue Reading ]
_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,_ These are the names of the dukes ... The list of the dukes is here resumed, with the names of their seats; but whereas there were fourtee... [ Continue Reading ]