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Genesis 36

Genesis 36:2

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, Genesis 26:34 ;... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:3

and Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth, Genesis 28:9. It was just as common for a woman to have several names as for a man, it being customary to change the names at some important event in life. Although there are apparent discrepancies in the entire Chapter, they involve no contradi... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:5

and Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah; these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan, before his removal to the country in the neighborhood of Mount Hor.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:6

And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, all the servants of his household, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went in to the country (of Seir) FROM THE FACE OF HIS BROTHER JACOB. E... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:7

For their riches, especially in herds and flocks, WERE MORE THAN THAT THEY MIGHT DWELL TOGETHER; AND THE LAND WHEREIN THEY WERE STRANGERS COULD NOT BEAR THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR CATTLE. The story of Abraham and Lot might thus have been repeated, and this was not Esau's intention, since he was at peace... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:8

Thus dwelt Esau in Mount Seir; Esau is Edom. Idumea, with the mountain range known as Seir, whose highest peak was Mount Hor, was between the Dead Sea and the Aelanitic Gulf.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:10

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:12

And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son, having probably been adopted for that purpose by Adah; AND SHE BARE TO ELIPHAZ AMALEK; THESE WERE THE SONS OF ADAH, ESAU'S WIFE. If this is the Amalek that was the ancestor of the Amalekites who afterward were such bitter enemies of the children of Isr... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:14

And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife; and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. In the case of Aholibamah, therefore, the sons, in the case of the other wives, the grandsons perpetuated the name of Edom and were considered the fath... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:15

These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz, the first-born son of Esau: Duke Teman, Duke Omar, Duke Zepho, Duke Kenaz,... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:16

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. Fully half the Edomite princes were thus the descendants of Adah, the Hivite, or, in a wider sense, the Hittite woman.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:17

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, in whose descendants the strains of Ishmael and of Esau were mingled.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:18

And these are the sons of Aholibamah, Esau's wife: Duke Jeush, Duke Jaalam, Duke Korah; these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:19

These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. The descendants of these desert princes established themselves geographically within more or less fixed limits as bands or tribes.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:20

These are the sons of Seir, the Horite, who inhabited the land; after him the country was named, and with his descendants those of Edom mingled: LOTAN, AND SHOBAL, AND ZIBEON, AND ANAH (this name being both masculine and feminine),... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:21

and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan; these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir, in the land of Edom. The Horites, or descendants of Seir, the original inhabitants of the wilderness of Zin, were cave-dwellers arid shared the many caves in that country with their herds and flocks.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:23

And the children of Shobal were these: Alvan (or Alian, 1 Chronicles 1:40), AND MANAHATH, AND EBAL, SHEPHO (or Shephi, 1 Chronicles 1:40), AND ONAM.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:24

And these are the children of Zibeon: both Ajah, and Anah; this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon, his father. While he had charge of his father's asses in the wilderness, he discovered some warm springs, a number of which are found in that country t... [ Continue Reading ]

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. These were all descendants of Seir, the Horite, as they were divided and called after their individual princes.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:31

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel, up to the time that the children of Israel began the conquest of Canaan, for it was at that time that Moses wrote this account.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:33

And Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his stead. This city was very important, being considered one of the capitals of the Edomites, Isaiah 34:6; Isaiah 63:1.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:34

And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. This land, according to Jerome, was a region in Southern Idumea, not far from the city of Petra.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:35

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. At his time the kingdom must have been very powerful.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:37

And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. This may indicate that Saul was a stranger from the Euphrates, but it is more probable that Rehoboth was a city on the Zered, which flows into the Dead Sea.... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:39

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. Since the relatives of Hadar are noted so carefully and his death is not mentioned, he seems to have been king... [ Continue Reading ]

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,... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 36:43

Duke Magdiel, Duke Iram; these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession; he is Esau, the father of the Edomites. This list gives the geographical position of the original personal tribe-princes, for it was a hereditary aristocracy that obtained in the land... [ Continue Reading ]

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