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
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