1 Chronicles 1:36-37

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:28-54

All nations but the seed of Abraham are already shaken off from this genealogy: they have no part nor lot in this matter. The Lord's portion is his people. Of them he keeps an account, knows them by name; but those who are strangers to him he beholds afar off. Not that we are to conclude that therefore no particular persons of any other nation but the seed of Abraham found favour with God. It was a truth, before Peter perceived it, that in every nation he that feared God and wrought... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:35-37

The sons of Esau ,.... The firstborn of Isaac; his posterity are named in this and the two following verses, as in Genesis 36:1 only it should be observed, that Timna, 1 Chronicles 1:36 is not the name of a man, but was the concubine of Eliphaz, the eldest son of Esau, and the mother of Amalek, Genesis 36:12 , and so in the Arabic version it is read,"and Timna, which was the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, bare him Amalek;'and so the Alexandrian copy of the Septuagint. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:28-37

E. LIST OF THE SONS , GRANDSONS , AND OTHER DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM . In the first of these verses the new form of the name of Abraham is at once used in place of the old form. And the names of two of his sons are given, Isaac the son by Sarah, and Ishmael the son by Hagar, his Egyptian bondwoman. That these stand in the inverse order of their birth and age requires no explanation. The distinct and separate mention of these two sons, apart from all the others, is of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:34-37

Lead us on to the descendants of Isaac, the more important branch of Abraham's family. It breaks again at once into two, Esau , the less important, treated of first; and Israel , reserved till we enter on 1 Chronicles 2:1-55 . Of Esau , the names of five sons are given; and of seven grandsons by the first in order, and four grandsons by the second in order of these sons. In Genesis 36:1-5 we have the names of the five sons of Esau, which correspond in the Authorized Version and in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 1:36

Timna - In Genesis 36:11, Eliphaz has no son Timna; but he has a concubine of the name, who is the mother of Amalek, and conjectured to be Lotan’s sister 1 Chronicles 1:39. The best explanation is, that the writer has in his mind rather the tribes descended from Eliphaz than his actual children, and as there was a place, Timna, inhabited by his “dukes” (1 Chronicles 1:51; compare Gen. 35:40), he puts the race which lived there among his “sons.” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 1:36

1 Chronicles 1:36. And Timna There is another Timna, the concubine of Eliphaz, Genesis 36:12; but this was one of his sons, though called by the same name; there being some names common both to men and women in the Hebrew and in other languages. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 1:1-54

1:1-9:34 GENEALOGIES OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAELThe long lists of names that characterize Chronicles may not make interesting reading for us today, but they were important to the original readers. First, these genealogies proved to those who returned that they were a true continuation of the former kingdom. Second, they indicated who among the people had to carry out various religious duties and who among them were of the royal family of David. The lists recorded the origin and development of each... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 1:36

Zephi. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "Zepho" (compare Genesis 36:11 ), owing to the slight difference between the Hebrew ("O") and ("I"). Timna, There was a Tirana a daughter of Seir. The Timna here is a son of Eliphaz. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 1:36

1 Chronicles 1:36. Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek— Kenaz. And Timna, the concubine of Ehiphaz, bare to him Amalek. Houbigant and Cappellus. See Genesis 36:12. REFLECTIONS.—Before the sacred historian passes on to the line of the Messiah, he dwells a moment on the descendants of Abraham after the flesh. Ishmael, according to Genesis 17:20., becomes the father of twelve princes. Midian, of the sons of Keturah, is most taken notice of, because with his descendants the people of God had especial... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 1:36

36. sons of Eliphaz—the tribe Adites, in the center country of the Saracens, so called from his mother, Adah (Genesis 36:10). Teman—gave rise to the land of Teman, near the head of the Red Sea. Omar—the tribe Beni-Amma, settled at the northern point of Djebel Shera (Mount Seir). Zephi—the tribe Dzaf. Gatam—Katam, inhabited by the tribe Al Saruat, or "people of Sarah." Kenaz—the tribe Aenezes, a tribe whose settlement lies in the neighborhood of Syria. Amalek—the Beni Malak of Zohran, and the... read more

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