Genesis 36:15

_THESE WERE DUKES OF THE SONS OF ESAU: THE SONS OF ELIPHAZ THE FIRSTBORN SON OF ESAU; DUKE TEMAN, DUKE OMAR, DUKE ZEPHO, DUKE KENAZ,_ Dukes, х_ 'LUWPIYM_ (H441)] - phylarchs, leaders, chieftains of tribes. The term, though used in the general sense of ruler by the later Hebrew writers (Jeremiah 13:21; Zechariah 9:7; Zechariah 12:5-6), is exclusively employed in the Pentateuch as a designation of the Edomite princes (see the note at Exodus 15:15), corresponding to the title of shiekhs among the modern Bedouins. Fourteen alluphim are mentioned here (see the note

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 _dukes_ had this name from being _leaders_ of or _captains_ over a company of one _thousand_ men; just as those among the Greeks called _chiliarchs_, which signifies the same; and as the Romans called those _centurions_ who were captains over one hundred men, from the Latin word _centum_, which signifies a hundred The ducal government was that which prevailed first among the _Idumeans_, or descendants of Esau. Here _fourteen_ dukes are reckoned to Esau, _seven_ that came of his wife, Adah, four...

- 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. אליפז _'ělı̂yphaz_, Eliphaz, “God of strength.” רעוּאל _r__e__‛û'êl_ Re‘uel, “friend of God.” 5. יעוּשׁ _y__e__‛ûsh_, Je‘ush, “haste.” יעלם _ya‛lâm_, Ja‘lam, “hiding.” קרח _qôrach_ Qorach, “ice.” 11. תימן

§ 10. THE GENERATIONS OF ESAU (CH. 36:1-37:1). EXPOSITION GENESIS 36:1 NOW THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS (cf. Genesis 2:4; Genesis 5:1, c.) OF ESAU,—Hairy (vide Genesis 25:25)—WHICH IS EDOM—Red (_vide _Genesis 25:30). GENESIS 36:2,...

THESE WERE DUKES OF THE SONS OF ESAU,.... Ben Melech says, the difference between a duke and a king was, that a king is crowned and a duke is not crowned; but Jarchi interprets the word of heads of families, which seems probable; so that as Esau's sons and grandsons are before related, here it is suggested that they had large and numerous families, of which they were the heads and governors; and in this and the following verses, Genesis 36:16; the sons and grandsons of Esau by his several wives are rehearsed as in the preceding verses, with the title of "duke" given to each of them....

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 (Genesis 36:9)_ 2. Sons of Eliphaz (Genesis 36:11) 3. Sons of Reuel (Genesis 36:13) 4. Sons of Aholibamah (Genesis 36:14) 5. Dukes of Eliphaz ...

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, the degree in which it is a revision of earlier sources, and the allocation of the other matter, is very uncertain. The historical value of the chapter is great, but the genealogies and lists cannot be discussed here. Some points of interest may be mentioned. There is a strange discrepancy as to Esau's wives between Genesis 36:2; Genesis 26:34; Genesis 28:9. The same names largely recur in both lists, but in different relationships. In Genesis 3

The Tribal Chiefs of Esau 15. _the dukes_ Better, as marg., _chiefs_. The word "duke" has been introduced into the English version from the Lat. _dux_which translates the LXX ἡγεμών. The Heb. _allûph_is connected with _eleph_= 1000, or "a clan"; and hence is used for "the chieftain of a clan," or "a chiliarch," especially in Edom: cf. Exodus 15:15; Zechariah 9:7; Zechariah 12:5-6. "Duke," in Old English, was not limited to the highest rank of nobility. It meant "leader" or "chief." Cf. Wiclif, _Matt._ii. 6, "And thou Bethleem … for of thee a _duyk_shall go out"; Latimer, _Serm_., p. 31, "Gideon a _duke_which God raised up." _duke Teman_ A better id

THESE WERE DUKES— _Leaders, or praefects;_ heads of their respective clans or families. As ףּאל signifies a _thousand,_ as well as a _leader,_ it is probable, that when mankind at the beginning were divided under distinct leaders, this (_a thousand_) was the number of men of which each government or state consisted: as we find here, that some of the sons of Esau were אלופים _aluphim, heads of thousands,_ before there was a king....

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 daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, 3 and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth, 4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel; 5 and Oholibamah bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, that were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. 7 For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojourn