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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 36:2

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 dweller in Mt. Hor: see Genesis 28:20. It was by the marriage mentioned here that Esau acquired his influence among the Horites, the aboriginal inhabitants of Seir: see on Genesis 14:6.

8, 9. The fact is dwelt on that the Edomite nation was descended from Esau. Mount Seir] a chain of mountains extending from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akaba. Mt. Hor is towards the centre of the range. Aaron was buried there: see on Numbers 20:22.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 36:2. _HIS WIVES_] It appears that Esau's wives went by very different names. _Aholibamah_ is named _Judith_, Genesis 26:34; _Adah_ is called _Bashemath_ in the same place; and she who...

  • 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

    GENESIS 36. EDOMITE GENEALOGIES, CHIEFTAINS, AND KINGS. This chapter is not a unity but a compilation with a very complicated literary history behind it. There is an element of P in it, but its extent...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Esau took his wives_ The list of Esau's wives in this chapter does not agree with that in Genesis 26:34 and Genesis 28:9. (_a_) In this passage and in Genesis 36:9 Esau's wives are (1) Adah, the dau...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Esau's Wives and Children 1. _the same is Edom_ A gloss introduced here and in Genesis 36:8_; Genesis 36:19_....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ESAU TOOK HIS WIVES— It appears by comparing ch. Genesis 26:34. that these wives of Esau went under several names, as seems to have been a common custom in those days. It is of little importance to se...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART FORTY-FOUR EDOMITE GENEALOGIES (Genesis 36:1-43) The Biblical Account 1 Now these are the generations of Esau (the same is Edom). 2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daugh...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _ESAU TOOK HIS WIVES OF THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN; ADAH THE DAUGHTER OF ELON THE HITTITE, AND AHOLIBAMAH THE DAUGHTER OF ANAH THE DAUGHTER OF ZIBEON THE HIVITE;_ Esau took his wives of the daughters of...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The Hivites were another *tribe....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ADAH THE DAUGHTER OF ELON THE HITTITE. — In Genesis 26:34, she is called “Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,” and is placed second. Here she is everywhere placed first. We do not often elsewh...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֵשָׂ֛ו לָקַ֥ח אֶת ־נָשָׁ֖יו מִ בְּנֹ֣ות כְּנ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JACOB'S SONS; ESAU'S SONS; ISAAC'S DEATH Genesis 35:16; Genesis 36:1 From Bethel to Bethlehem is not far. The one, the House of God; the other, the House of Bread. We need them both, if we are to bea...

  • 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

    Esau took his wives of the (b) daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; (b) Besides those wives spoken of in...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Ada. These wives of Esau are called by other names, chap. xxvi. But it was very common amongst the ancients for the same persons to have two names, as Esau himself was also called Edom. (Challoner) --...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Observe, though Esau had three wives, yet but five sons from all. More wives than one, which is contrary to the divine ordination, is not always favourable to the increase of mankind....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Genesis 26:34....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • 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

    AND ESAU TOOK HIS WIVES OF THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN,.... Of the Canaanites, the posterity of cursed Canaan, most of them were of them, though not all, the two following were, and so those, if different...

  • 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

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Esau Settles in Seir...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FAMILY OF ESAU This chapter deals with the generations of Esau. Verse 6 tells us that he took his wives, family, and all his possessions, leaving the land of Canaan, going "from the face of his br...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    If this account be compared with that GENESIS 26:34, we shall find some difficulties, which yet admit of an easy reconciliation, if these things be considered. 1. That it is very usual, and confessed...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SONS OF ESAU (GENESIS 36:2) Genesis 36:2 ‘Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Generations of Esau and their settlements. CHARACTERS: Esau, Jacob. CONCLUSION: Though one have not a spiritual right by promise, they may still have, in the mercy of God, temporary rights...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 36:1. The _generations._ The critics complain of the difficulties in this genealogy, arising from the same person having two names, a custom common to many nations. The ancients assumed new ti...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom_ THE HISTORY OF THE GENERATIONS OF ESAU I. WE SEE HOW THE PROMISES OF GOD CONCERNING ESAU WERE FULFILLED. Temporal prosperity. II. WE LEARN WHAT I...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 36:1 These verses explain the summary description of Esau that comes in v. Genesis 36:9. These events occurred during Esau’s time in Canaan, when five sons and some daughters w...

  • 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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