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Genesis 36:24

Zibeon means "an hyaena."

Anah See note on Genesis 36:2. Whether son or brother (Genesis 36:20) of Zibeon, Anah stands for a clan.

the hot springs There must have been some well-known story about Anah and his discovery of certain hot springs, while he was, like Saul in 1 Samuel 9, searching for strayed asses. Hot springs are found not far from the pilgrim road to Mecca. The tradition probably claimed their possession for the clan of Anah.

The word for "hot springs" presented a difficulty. The A.V. and Luther render "mules," and LXX makes it a proper name τὸν Ἰαμείν, while Targ. Onk. renders "the Emim"; but Lat. aquas calidascorrectly.

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See also Genesis 36:24 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 36:24. _THIS WAS THAT ANAH THAT FOUND THE MULES IN THE_ _WILDERNESS_] The words את הימם _eth kaiyemim_, here translated _mules_, has given rise to a great variety of conjectures and dis...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - Section XII - Jacob - The History of Esau 2. אהלבמה _'ohŏlı̂ybâmâh_, Oholibamah, “tent of the high place.” ענה _‛__ǎnâh_, ‘Anah, “answering.” צבעון _tsı̂b‛ôn_, Tsib‘on, “dyer, colored.” 4. א

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    X. THE GENERATIONS OF ESAU _ 1. Esau in Canaan, his wives and sons (Genesis 36:1)_ 2. Esau leaving Canaan and in Edom (Genesis 36:6) XI. THE GENERATIONS OF ESAU IN MOUNT SEIR 1. Sons of Esau (Ge

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOUND THE MULES, &C.— It is difficult to come at the true meaning of this piece of ancient history. The rabbins, whom our version follows, render the word in the original ימים _iemim, mules:_ the Vulg...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    36:24 springs (a-21) Many read 'mules.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MULES] 'the hot springs.' Such springs exist near the Dead Sea, and are much prized by the desert wanderers for their medicinal qualities....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אֵ֥לֶּה בְנֵֽי ־צִבְעֹ֖ון וְ אַיָּ֣ה וַ

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is one of the sections of the biblical literature which all of us are tempted to hurry over, because it appears to be almost exclusively a list of names. We may allow that it appears uninterestin...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Hot waters. Medicinal, (Menochius) like the springs at Bath, &c. (Haydock) --- Hebrew hayemim, a word which some translate mules; others, the nation of that name; or the giants, Emeans, with whom he...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    On these verses I only remark, that the Hittites which also sprung from Esau, are here incorporated in the history. Genesis 26:34....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    24._This was that Anah that found the mules_. Mules are the adulterous offspring of the horse and the ass. Moses says that Anal was the author of this connection. (131) But I do not consider this as s...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The apostate world establishes itself in power, while the heirs of promise are still poor pilgrims upon the earth. This last is a distinct point of revelation....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Found mules_ As the Hebrew word, here rendered _mules_, occurs nowhere else in Scripture, it is difficult to ascertain the meaning of this passage. Various have been the conjectures concerning what i...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Esaus three wiues. 6 His remouing to mount Seir. 9 His sonnes. 15 The Dukes which descended of his sonnes. 20 The sonnes and dukes of Seir. 24 Anah findeth mules. 31 The kings of Edom. 40 The...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Horites...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And these are the children of Zibeon: both Ajah, and Anah; this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon, his father. While he had charge of his father's ass...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    Furnishes a catalogue of Esau's sons, with their various titles and localities. We shall not dwell on this, but pass on to one of the most fruitful and interesting sections in the entire canon of insp...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 36:24 sons H1121 Zibeon H6649 Ajah H345 Anah H6034 Anah H6034 found H4672 (H8804) water H3222 wilderness...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    This Anah was not only industrious in his business, but ingenious too, and successful, for he found mules, or, (as some read it) waters, hot baths in the wilderness. Those that are diligent in their b...

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