Genesis 36:4-5 - Exposition

And Adah bare to Esau Eliphas ;—"The Strength of God" (Gesenius); afterwards the name of one of Job's friends ( Job 2:11 ; Job 4:1 ; Job 15:1 )— and Bashemath bare Reuel ;—"The Friend of God" (Gesenius); the name of Moses' father-in-law ( Exodus 2:18 )— and Aholibamah bare Jeush ,—"Collector" (Furst, Lange); "whom God hastens" (Gesenius); afterwards the name of a son of Rehoboam ( 2 Chronicles 11:19 )— and Jaalam ,—"whom God hides" (Gesenius); "Ascender of the Mountains" (Furst)— and Korah : — "Baldness" (Furst, Gesenius); the name of a family of Levites and singers in the time of David to whom ten of the psalms are ascribed— these are the sons of Esau, which wore born unto him in the land of Canaan —not necessarily implying' that other sons were born to him in Edom, but rather intimating that all his family were born before he left the Holy Land.