Genesis 36:23

_THESE ARE THE SONS OF SEIR THE HORITE, WHO INHABITED THE LAND; LOTAN, AND SHOBAL, AND ZIBEON, AND ANAH,_ These are the sons of Seir the Horite. Seir, with a colony of Horites from Lebanon, settled in the mountains south of Canaan a generation before the time of Abraham, and in their new possessions continued that mode of life to which they had been accustomed in their original settlement-namely, that of dwelling in caves on account of the intense heat (Jeremiah 49:7-22). Hence, they were called х_ CHORIYM_ (H2752)] (in our version, Horites) Troglodytes; and doubtless they were the excavators of those wonderful rock-habitations which abound in the ravines and the soft limestone cliffs around Petra, (Robinson's 'Biblical Researches,' 2: pp. 423, 4; Wilson's 'Lands of the Bible' 1:, p. 311, etc.) "The Horim dwelt in

- 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,...

AND THE CHILDREN OF SHOBAL [WERE] THESE,.... Who was the second son of Seir, and whose sons were the five following: ALVAN, AND MANAHATH, AND EBAL, SHEPHO, AND ONAM; in 1 Chronicles 1:40 Alvan is called Alian, and Shepho is Shephi....

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 Horites the aboriginal inhabitants of the country "the sons of Seir, the Horite," were possibly so called from the word _ḥor_, "a hole"; cf. 1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Samuel 14:11. This derivation has long been maintained, and is possibly correct, the Horites being regarded as troglodytes, or cave-dwellers. In Obadiah 1:3 Edom is apostrophized, "O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock." On the other hand another derivation has recently commended itself, Hor being identified with the Egyptian _Haru_which is found in Egyptian inscriptions for "Syria." But there is good support from the rocks of Petra and the excavations at Gezer for the "cave-dweller" explanation of the word....

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

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 and amalgamated with them. Esau married the Horite Aholibamah, and his son Eliphaz, the Horite Timna. They then became rulers of Seir to Akaba; God gave it them as Canaan to Israel '(D.). See Deuteronomy 2:5....

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 Hivite’s son.) V3 Basemath, who was Ishmael’s daughter and Nebaioth’s sister....