Genesis 36:1
Jacob’s family is more important than Esau’s family. So Genesis tells us Esau’s family first. When it has done that, it tells Jacob’s family. It tells us the more important family afterwards.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jacob’s family is more important than Esau’s family. So Genesis tells us Esau’s family first. When it has done that, it tells Jacob’s family. It tells us the more important family afterwards.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 36 ESAU’S FAMILY V1 This is the story of Esau’s family. Esau is also called Edom. V2 Esau took his wives from the *Canaanites. They were: Adah, who was Elon the *Hittite’s daughter Oholibamah, who was Anah’s daughter (Anah was Zibeon the Hivit... [ Continue Reading ]
The Hivites were another *tribe.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Esau went into a region that was far away from his brother Jacob.’ That region was Seir. (See verse 8.) But Esau already lived in Seir when Jacob returned to *Canaan. (See Genesis 33:14.) So these verses probably mean that Esau had moved to Seir before that time. Perhaps this sentence is a short wa... [ Continue Reading ]
Jacob and Esau each had great possessions and most of these possessions were animals. These animals needed to eat grass. And there was not enough grass in a small region. V9 These are Esau’s *descendants. Esau was the father of the Edomites. They live in the hilly region that is called Seir. V10 Th... [ Continue Reading ]
A member of the *tribe of Teman was called a ‘Temanite’. Job had a friend who was called Eliphaz the Temanite. (See Job 2:11.) He was not the first Eliphaz and he was not Esau’s grandson. He was a *descendant of the first Eliphaz. But he had the same name as the father of his *tribe. V20 This is a... [ Continue Reading ]
‘No king ruled Israel’s *descendants.’ It is difficult to understand why this verse is here. Israel’s *descendants had no kings until very many years later. The first king of Israel was Saul. (See 1 Samuel 10:1.) Writers who wrote after that time knew about kings. Perhaps a later writer added this c... [ Continue Reading ]