Genesis 36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:5

And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah ,.... In this genealogy mention is made of another Korah among the sons of Eliphaz, Genesis 36:16 ; which Jarchi thinks is the same with this, and takes him to be a bastard, and begotten in incest by Eliphaz, on his father's wife Aholibamah; but Aben Ezra observes, that some are of opinion that there were two Korahs, one the son of Aholibamah, and the other the son of Adah; but he thinks there were but one, which was the son of Aholibamah,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:6

And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters ,.... The names of his wives and sons are before given; but what were the names of his daughters, or their number, is not said: and all the persons of his house : his menservants and maidservants that were born in his house, or bought with his money; the word for "persons" signifies "souls" F15 נפשות "animus", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; , and is sometimes used for slaves that are bought and sold, see Ezekiel 27:13 , ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:7

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together ,.... And therefore it was proper to part, as Abraham and Lot had done before, Genesis 13:6 , and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them, because of their cattle ; their cattle were so numerous that they could not get pasturage for them, there not being enough left them by the inhabitants of it for them to occupy; nor could they hire land of them sufficient for them both; they being not possessors but... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:8

Thus dwelt Esau in Mount Seir ,.... Before he is said to be in the land of Seir, Genesis 32:3 ; now to dwell in a mount of that name; from which driving the Horites, he seized upon and dwelt in it; it had not its name from his own rough, shaggy hair, as Josephus says F18 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 20. sect. 3. , much less from the satyrs, and hairy demons that frequented it, as R. Abraham Seba F19 Tzeror Hammor, fol. 47. 1. , but rather from Seir the Horite who inhabited the land, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:9

And these are the generations of Esau ,.... Or the posterity of Esau, his children and grandchildren, as before and hereafter related: the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir ; from whom they of that mountain and in the adjacent country had the name of Edomites or Idumeans. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:10

These are the names of Esau's sons ,.... In this and some following verses, an account is given of the sons of Esau, which agrees with what is before observed, and of his sons' sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau : who seems to be his first wife, and this his first son: Reuel the son of Bashemath and wife of Esau ; his second son by another wife, a daughter of Ishmael, Genesis 36:3 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:11

And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman ,.... This was his firstborn, and from him the city of Teman in Edom or Idumea had its name, see Jeremiah 49:7 ; and Eliphaz is called the Temanite from hence, Job 2:11 ; four more sons are mentioned: Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz ; but I do not find that any towns or cities, or any part of the land of Edom, were denominated from any of them; only it may be observed that Zepho is called Zephi in 1 Chronicles 1:36 ; the account seems fabulous... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:12

And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son ,.... She is said to be the sister of Lotan, the eldest son of Seir the Horite, Genesis 36:22 ; in 1 Chronicles 1:36 mention is made of Timna among the sons of Eliphaz, and of Duke Timnah here, Genesis 36:40 ; and Gerundinsis F25 Apud Menasseh ben Israel, conciliator in Gen. Quaest. 57. p. 81. is of opinion, that Timnah the concubine of Eliphaz, after she had bore Amalek, conceived and bore another son, and she dying in childbirth,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:13

And these are the sons of Reuel ,.... Another son of Esau's; this man had four sons, as follow: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah : of whom we know no more than their names, unless Maps or Massa, which Ptolemy F26 Geograph. l. 5. c. 16. places in Idumea, should have its name from Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife ; her grandsons, as before. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:14

And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah , the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife ,.... See Gill on Genesis 36:2 ; here also the Samaritan and Septuagint versions read, "the daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon": and she bare to Esau, Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah ; this is repeated from Genesis 36:5 ; no mention is made of her grandchildren, as of his other wives. read more

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