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
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 36:9-19
Observe here, 1. That only the names of Esau's sons and grandsons are recorded, only their names, not their history; for it is the church that Moses preserves the records of, not the record of those that are without. Those elders that lived by faith alone obtained a good report. It is Sion that produces the men of renown, not Seir, Ps. 87:5. Nor does the genealogy go any further than the third and fourth generation; the very names of all after are buried in oblivion. It is only the pedigree of... read more