CHAPTER XXXVI _The genealogy of Esau, i.e., his sons, by his Canaanitish_ _wives_ Adah, Aholibamah, _and_ Bashemath, 1-3. _The children of_ Adah _and_ Bashemath, 4. _Of_ Aholibamah, 5. _Esau departs from Canaan and goes to Mount_ Seir, 6-8. _The generations of Esau, i.e., his grandchildren, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
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 is here called _Bashemath_ is called _Mahalath_, Genesis 28:9. These are variations which cannot be... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 36:6. _ESAU TOOK HIS WIVES, C._] So it appears that Esau and Jacob dwelt together in Canaan, whither the former removed from Seir, probably soon after the return of Jacob. That they were on the most friendly footing this sufficiently proves and Esau shows the same dignified conduct as... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 36:12. _TIMNA WAS CONCUBINE TO ELIPHAZ_] As Timna was sister to _Lotan_ the Horite, Genesis 36:22, we see how the family of Esau and the Horites got intermixed. This might give the sons of Esau a pretext to seize the land, and expel the ancient inhabitants, as we find they did, Deutero... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 36:15. _DUKES OF THE SONS OF ESAU_] The word _duke_ comes from the Latin _dux_, a _captain_ or _leader_. The Hebrew אלוף _alluph_ has the same signification; and as it is also the term for a _thousand_, which is a grand _capital_ or _leading_ number, probably the אלופי _alluphey_ or _... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 36:16. _DUKE KORAH_] This Dr. Kennicott pronounces to be an interpolation. "It is certain, from Genesis 36:4, that Eliphaz was Esau's son by Adah; and from Genesis 36:11-1, that _Eliphaz_ had but _six_ sons, _Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz_, and _Amalek_. It is also certain, from Ge... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 36:20. _THESE ARE THE SONS OF SEIR THE HORITE_] These Horites were the original inhabitants of the country of _Seir_, called the land of the Horites, and afterwards the land of the Idumeans, when the descendants of Esau had driven them out. These people are first mentioned Genesis 14:6... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 36:21. _THESE_ ARE _THE DUKES OF THE HORITES_] It appears pretty evident that the Horites and the descendants of Esau were mixed together in the same land, as before observed; and Calmet has very properly remarked, that if we compare this verse with Genesis 36:30, there were princes of... [ Continue Reading ]
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 discordant opinions. _St. Jerome_, who renders it _aquas calidas,_ _warm springs_, or _hot baths_, says... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 36:31. _BEFORE THERE REIGNED ANY KING OVER - ISRAEL._] I suppose all the verses, from Genesis 36:31-1 inclusive, have been transferred to this place from 1 Chronicles 1:43-13, as it is not likely they could have been written by Moses; and it is quite possible they might have been, at... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 36:33. _JOBAB THE SON OF ZERAH_] Many have supposed that _Jobab_ is the same as _Job_, so remarkable for his afflictions and patience; and that _Eliphaz_, mentioned Genesis 36:10, c., was the same who in the book of Job is called one of his friends: but there is no proper proof of this... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 36:35. _SMOTE MIDIAN IN THE FIELD OF MOAB_] Bishop Cumberland supposes that this was Midian, the son of Abraham by Keturah, and that he was killed by Hadad some time before he was one hundred and nine years of age; and that Moses recorded this, probably, because it was a calamity to th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 36:40. _THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE DUKES_ THAT CAME _OF ESAU_] These dukes did not govern the whole nation of the Idumeans, but they were chiefs in their respective _families_, in _their places _- the districts they governed, and to which they gave _their names_. Calmet thinks that tho... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 36:43. _HE IS ESAU THE FATHER OF THE EDOMITES._] That is, The preceding list contains an account of the posterity of Esau, who was the father of Edom. _Thus ends Esau's history_; for after this there is no farther account of his life, actions, or death, in the Pentateuch. 1. As Esau... [ Continue Reading ]