Genesis 36:1
ESAU, WHO IS EDOM] i.e. Esau, who was called Edom, and gave to his land his name: see on Genesis 25:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
ESAU, WHO IS EDOM] i.e. Esau, who was called Edom, and gave to his land his name: see on Genesis 25:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GENERATIONS OF ESAU 'The amount of detail here arises from the fact that Edom was always counted Israel's brother, and of great importance in the history of Israel. The Horites (“cave-dwellers ") were originally in the mountainous country of Seir (Genesis 36:20); the Hebrews under Esau entered... [ Continue Reading ]
The names of the wives of Esau given here vary from those mentioned in Genesis 26:34; Genesis 28:9; The difficulties have never been explained, and are generally attributed to two irreconcilable traditions. ZIBEON THE HIVITE] a clerical error: read 4. 'Horite.' Zibeon was doubtless a Horite or dwell... [ Continue Reading ]
AMALEK] This does not mean that the great tribe of the Amalekites was descended from Edom, but that a branch became attached to the Edomites.... [ Continue Reading ]
DUKES] RM 'chiefs.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MULES] 'the hot springs.' Such springs exist near the Dead Sea, and are much prized by the desert wanderers for their medicinal qualities.... [ Continue Reading ]
This v. shows the early development of the monarchy in Edom, and also that there were kings in Israel in the author's lifetime.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIVER] either the Euphrates or the Wady el Arish: see on Genesis 15:18.... [ Continue Reading ]