“ And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. ”
- 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, “d...
And Samlah died, and Saul of (h) Rehoboth [by] the river reigned in his stead. (h) Which is by the river Euphrates.
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 ext...
And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. Saul of Rehoboth by the river - rather, Rehoboth of the river; i:e., the Euphrates. The site of this place is supposed...
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...
Rehoboth by the river. — Heb., Rehoboth hannahar, Rehoboth-of-the-river, so called, perhaps, to distinguish it from Rehoboth-ir ( Genesis 10:11 ). If the river is the Euphrates, this city was not...
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 uninteresti...
1 Chronicles 1:43 , etc.-From dukes the seed of Esau advance to kings. But all the while are rejected from the covenant of promise. Psalms 72:17 .
And Samlah died ,.... As is supposed, about A. M. 2283. and Saul of Rehoboth [by] the river reigned in his stead ; Rehoboth was one of the cities built by Ashur, Genesis 10:11 ; and was situated...
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 hi...
31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his ci...
The river; either Euphrates, or a branch of it, called Chabras, by which there is even at this day a city called Rahabath-melic, i.e. King's Rahabath, as the learned observe; or some other river of...
The Kings Who Reigned in the Land of Edom ( Genesis 36:31-39 ). We have no means of knowing over what period these kings reigned other than that it was before a king reigned over the children of I...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 36:1 . Edom.] This is a surname added to his birth-name, Esau. It is the national designation of his descendants.— Genesis 36:2 . His wives. ] There is considerable di...
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...
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...
§ 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 2...
The Kings of Edom
A.M. cir. 2303. B.C. cir. 1701. Rehoboth. Genesis 10:11 1 Chronicles 1:48