And these are the sons of Dishon ,.... Not of Dishon the son of Anah, but of Dishon the son of Seir, Genesis 36:21 ; and they are the four following: Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran ; the first of these is called Amram, or rather Chamram, 1 Chronicles 1:41 . read more
The children of Ezer are these ,.... Another son of Seir, who had the following sons: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Achan ; the two last are called Zavan and Jakan, in 1 Chronicles 1:42 . read more
The children of Dishon are these ,.... The last of the seven sons of Seir, and who had two sons: Uz and Aran ; from the former of these the land of Uz, inhabited by the Edomites, had its name, Lamentations 4:21 ; some have taken this to be the country of Job, Job 1:1 . read more
These are the dukes that came of the Horites ,.... Not that succeeded one after another, as the kings next mentioned did, but were together, at the same time, heads of respective families, and governors of them; and then the seven sons of Seir are rehearsed in this verse and Genesis 36:30 in their order, with the title of "duke" annexed to each of them, "Duke Lotan", &c.; read more
These are the dukes that came of Hori ,.... The ancestor of Seir, whence he is called the Horite, unless the singular is put for the plural, used in Genesis 36:29 , among their dukes in the land of Seir ; not that there were other dukes besides them in the land of Seir until Esau got among them, but these were they whose habitations were before in the land of Gabla (or Seir); as the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it; or "in", or "according to their dukedoms", as the Septuagint... read more
And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom ,.... In the land that was afterwards called the land of Edom; for this laud was not so called when these kings began to reign: for, according to Bishop Cumberland F6 Orig. Gent. Antiq. p. 1-24. , and those that follow him F7 Bedford in his Scripture Chronology, and the Authors of the Universal History. , these were Horite kings, who, after their defeat by Chedorlaomer, Genesis 14:5 ; in order to secure themselves the... read more
And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom ,.... His name was not Balac, as the Septuagint version, which may lead to think of Balak king of Moab; nor is this the same with Balaam, the son of Beor, who lived ages after, as some in Aben Ezra: who he was we know no more of than what is here said; he was the first Horite king, and is placed by Mr. Bedford F9 Scripture Chronology, p. 316. in A. M. 2002: and the name of his city was Dinhabah , the place either where he was born, or... read more
And Bela died ,.... How long he reigned is not known with any certainty, nor whether he left any sons behind him; if he did, they did not succeed him in the throne; for Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead : this king some have thought to be the same with Job, and from whom one of the books of Scripture has its name; but neither their names, nor age, nor country agree: who this Jobab and his father Zerah were cannot be said: they seem to be of the same country in which... read more
And Jobab died ,.... According to Mr. Bedford, A. M. 2177: and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead ; or of the land of the south, as the Targum of Jonathan, of the southern part of the land of Idumea, as it was afterwards called; the metropolis of which was the city of Teman, after spoken of in Scripture, which had its name from Teman the son of Eliphaz; See Gill on Genesis 36:11 . read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:25
And the children of Anah were these ,.... Dishon , the name of one of his uncles. Genesis 36:21 , and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah ; Aben Ezra thinks this is not the same Anah that was mentioned in the beginning of this verse; since, if he was the same, there was no need to mention him again, but that he is the same that is mentioned in Genesis 36:2 ; but if he is not the same that is spoken of in this verse and Genesis 36:24 , it is difficult to account for the mention of... read more