Genesis 36:33 - Exposition

And Bela died, and Jobab —probably meaning "Desert," or "Shout" (Gesenius); identified with Job—an opinion which Michaelis declares to be insinis error, nec, historicus solum, sed et grammaticus, Jobab being derived from the root יָבַב ; the name of a region of the Joktanite Arabs ( Genesis 10:29 )— the son of Zerah of Bozrah —"Fort" (Gesenius); afterwards an important city of the Edomites ( Isaiah 34:6 ; Isaiah 63:1 ; Jeremiah 49:13 ); still to be traced in El-Busaireh, a village and castle in Arabia Petraea, about twenty-five miles south by east of the Dead Sea— reigned in his stead —literally, under him, i.e. in succession to him.