Genesis 36:19-29

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 36:19

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:23

And the children of Shobal were these ,.... Who was the second son of Seir, and whose sons were the five following: Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam ; in 1 Chronicles 1:40 Alvan is called Alian, and Shepho is Shephi. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:24

And these are the children of Zibeon ,.... The third son of Self, and who had two sons: both Ajah and Anah ; of the latter it is observed: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father ; who observed, while he was feeding his father's asses in the wilderness, that the he asses coupled with mares, or horses with the she asses, and produced another sort of creatures called mules; and by this means found out the way how such... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:25

And the children of Anah were these ,.... Dishon , the name of one of his uncles. Genesis 36:21 , and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah ; Aben Ezra thinks this is not the same Anah that was mentioned in the beginning of this verse; since, if he was the same, there was no need to mention him again, but that he is the same that is mentioned in Genesis 36:2 ; but if he is not the same that is spoken of in this verse and Genesis 36:24 , it is difficult to account for the mention of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 36:26

And these are the sons of Dishon ,.... Not of Dishon the son of Anah, but of Dishon the son of Seir, Genesis 36:21 ; and they are the four following: Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran ; the first of these is called Amram, or rather Chamram, 1 Chronicles 1:41 . read more

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