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Genesis 36:33

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:, p. 570) states that, besides the Moabite Bozrah (now Busrah), there was another Bozrah within the territory of Edom, now El Buseireh, near Petra; and this view seems to be countenanced by Scripture (Isaiah 34:6; Isaiah 63:1; Jeremiah 49:7-22; Amos 1:12.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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