Genesis 36:15-30

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 36:20-30

In the midst of this genealogy of the Edomites here is inserted the genealogy of the Horites, those Canaanites, or Hittites (compare Gen. 26:34), that were the natives of Mount Seir. Mention is made of them, Gen. 14:6; and of their interest in Mount Seir, before the Edomites took possession of it, Deut. 2:12, 22. This comes in here, not only to give light to the story, but to be a standing reflection upon the Edomites for intermarrying with them, by which, it is probable, they learned their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:15

These were dukes of the sons of Esau ,.... Ben Melech says, the difference between a duke and a king was, that a king is crowned and a duke is not crowned; but Jarchi interprets the word of heads of families, which seems probable; so that as Esau's sons and grandsons are before related, here it is suggested that they had large and numerous families, of which they were the heads and governors; and in this and the following verses, Genesis 36:16 ; the sons and grandsons of Esau by his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:16

Duke Korah ,.... Only among the sons of Eliphaz is reckoned Duke Korah, not before mentioned among his sons, and is left out in the Samaritan version; See Gill on Genesis 36:7 ; to which it may be added, that according to Gerundinsis F1 Apud Menaasseh ut supra. (conciliator in Gen. Quaest. 57. p. 81.) , this is the same with Timna, related among the sons of Eliphaz, 1 Chronicles 1:36 ; who was called by his father Korah: or this might be a grandson of Eliphaz. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:17

And these are the sons of Reuel .... See Gill on Genesis 36:15 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:18

And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esua's wife ;.... See Gill on Genesis 36:15 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:19

These are the sons of Esua ,.... See Gill on Genesis 36:15 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:20

These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land ,.... "Before", as the Targum of Jonathan adds, that is, before it was inhabited by Esau and his posterity, and called Edom, and had from him the name of Seir; but the Horites dwelt here before him, even in Abraham's time, Genesis 14:6 ; and who were so called from their dwelling under ground in holes and caves, with which the further part of the land of Edom abounded, and are the same the Greeks call Trogloditae: Jarchi says,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:21

And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan ,.... These were three others of the sons of Seir, which with the other four before mentioned made seven: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom ; these were in the land of Edom before it was so called and possessed by the Edomites, and whose posterity afterwards became tributary to them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:22

And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heman ,.... The first of these seems to have his name from the general name of the tribe or nation, and the other is called Homam, 1 Chronicles 1:39 , and Lotan's sister was Timna : whom Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau took for his concubine, Genesis 36:12 ; for the sake of which her relation to Lotan is here mentioned; and she is said to be the sister of this man particularly, though there were seven brethren of them, because she might be his... read more

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