“ Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. ”
- 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...
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...
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Esau is Edom— Some manuscripts omit Esau here, which seems redundant, and read, in mount Seir, that is, Edom. See Kennicott's Dissert.
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir. This was divinely assigned as his possession ( Joshua 24:4 ; Deuteronomy 2:5 ). It was not a "land of promise" to...
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...
Mount Seir. — The land of Idumea extends from the southern extremity of the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Elath, and consists of a chain of mountains running parallel to the Akaba, or continuation of the...
Jacob's Sons; Esau's Sons; Isaac's Death Genesis 35:16-29 ; Genesis 36:1-8 From Bethel to Bethlehem is not far. The one, the House of God; the other, the House of Bread. We need them both, if...
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...
Genesis 13:11 ; Genesis 13:11 ; Deuteronomy 2:5 ; Joshua 24:4 . Concerning Esau's wealth, I would say with one of old: Psalms 17:14-15 .
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;...
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir Whatever opposition may be made, God's word will take place, and his counsels shall stand concerning the times before appointed, and the bounds of our habitation.
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...
The Generations of Esau. B. C. 1780. 1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is...
This seems to be mentioned by the Holy Ghost by way of contempt or reproach; this is he who sold his birthright for a mess of red pottage, and therefore was called Edom or red.
The Sons of Esau ( Genesis 36:2-9 ) Genesis 36:2 ‘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 Zi...
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...
Esau Settles in Seir
mount Seir. Genesis 36:20 Genesis 14:6 Genesis 32:3 Deuteronomy 2:5 Joshua 24:4 1 Chronicles 4:42 2 Chronicles 20:10 2 Chronicles 20:23 Ezekiel 35:2-7 Malachi 1:3 Esau. Genesis 3...
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir — Whatever opposition may be made, God's word will take place, and even those that have opposed it will see themselves, some time or other, under a necessity of yieldi...