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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters,.... The names of his wives and sons are before given; but what were the names of his daughters, or their number, is not said: and all the persons of his house: his menservants and maidservants that were born in his house, or bought with his money; the word for "persons" signifies "souls"...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together,.... And therefore it was proper to part, as Abraham and Lot had done before, Genesis 13:6; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them, because of their cattle; their cattle were so numerous that they could not get pasturage for them, there not being enough left them...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thus dwelt Esau in Mount Seir,.... Before he is said to be in the land of Seir, Genesis 32:3; now to dwell in a mount of that name; from which driving the Horites, he seized upon and dwelt in it; it had not its name from his own rough, shaggy hair, as Josephus says (r), much less from the satyrs, and hairy demons that frequented it, as R. Abraham...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And these are the generations of Esau,.... Or the posterity of Esau, his children and grandchildren, as before and hereafter related: the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir; from whom they of that mountain and in the adjacent country had the name of Edomites or Idumeans.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
These are the names of Esau's sons,.... In this and some following verses, an account is given of the sons of Esau, which agrees with what is before observed, and of his sons' sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau: who seems to be his first wife, and this his first son: Reuel the son of Bashemath and wife of Esau; his second son by...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman,.... This was his firstborn, and from him the city of Teman in Edom or Idumea had its name, see Jeremiah 49:7; and Eliphaz is called the Temanite from hence, Job 2:11; four more sons are mentioned, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz; but I do not find that any towns or cities, or any part of the land of Edom, were...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son,.... She is said to be the sister of Lotan, the eldest son of Seir the Horite, Genesis 36:22; in 1 Chronicles 1:36 mention is made of Timna among the sons of Eliphaz, and of Duke Timnah here, Genesis 36:40; and Gerundinsis (y) is of opinion, that Timnah the concubine of Eliphaz, after she had bore...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And these [are] the sons of Reuel,.... Another son of Esau's; this man had four sons, as follow, Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah: of whom we know no more than their names, unless Maps or Massa, which Ptolemy (z) places in Idumea, should have its name from Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife; her grandsons, as before. (z)...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife,.... [See comments on Genesis 36:2]; here also the Samaritan and Septuagint versions read, "the daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon": and she bare to Esau, Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah; this is repeated from Genesis 36:5; no mention is made of her...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Duke Korah,.... Only among the sons of Eliphaz is reckoned Duke Korah, not before mentioned among his sons, and is left out in the Samaritan version; [See comments on Genesis 36:7]; to which it may be added, that according to Gerundinsis (a), this is the same with Timna, related among the sons of Eliphaz, 1 Chronicles 1:36; who was called by his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And these [are] the sons of Reuel.... [See comments on Genesis 36:15].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And these [are] the sons of Aholibamah Esua's wife;.... [See comments on Genesis 36:15].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
These [are] the sons of Esua,.... [See comments on Genesis 36:15].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
These [are] the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land,.... "Before", as the Targum of Jonathan adds, that is, before it was inhabited by Esau and his posterity, and called Edom, and had from him the name of Seir; but the Horites dwelt here before him, even in Abraham's time, Genesis 14:6; and who were so called from their dwelling under...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan,.... These were three others of the sons of Seir, which with the other four before mentioned made seven: these [are] the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom; these were in the land of Edom before it was so called and possessed by the Edomites, and whose posterity afterwards became...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heman,.... The first of these seems to have his name from the general name of the tribe or nation, and the other is called Homam, 1 Chronicles 1:39; and Lotan's sister [was] Timna: whom Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau took for his concubine, Genesis 36:12; for the sake of which her relation to Lotan is here...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And these are the children of Zibeon,.... The third son of Self, and who had two sons; both Ajah and Anah; of the latter it is observed: this [was that] Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father; who observed, while he was feeding his father's asses in the wilderness, that the he asses coupled with...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the children of Anah [were] these,.... Dishon, the name of one of his uncles. Genesis 36:21; and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah; Aben Ezra thinks this is not the same Anah that was mentioned in the beginning of this verse; since, if he was the same, there was no need to mention him again, but that he is the same that is mentioned in Genesis...