1Ch 1:38-42 - Commentary

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Text -- 1 Chronicles 1:38-42 (NET)

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The Descendants of Seir

1:38 The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. 1:39 The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. (Timna was Lotan’s sister.) 1:40 The sons of Shobal: Alyan, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. 1:41 The son of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. 1:42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

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Names, People and Places:

· Aiah son of Zibeon son of Seir,father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine

· Alian son of Shobal son of Seir; a chief of Edom

· Anah son of Zibeon the "Hivite"; father of Oholibamah Esau's wife; an Edomite chief, the honorary son of his grandfather Seir the Horite (ZD357,360, DC)

· Aran son of Dishan of Seir

· Bilhan son of Ezer of Seir,son of Jediael son of Benjamin

· Cheran son of Dishan of Seir

· Dishan son of Seir

· Dishon son of Seir; a Horite chief,son of Anah, (grand)son of Seir

· Ebal son of Shobal son of Seir,a mountain north of Mt. Gerizim overlooking Shechem,son of Joktan, grandson of Shem

· Eshban son of Dishon of Seir

· Ezer son of Seir; the father of Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan,father of Hushah; a descendant of Hur of Judah;,son of Ephraim son of Joseph,chief of the Gadites who joined David in the wilderness,son of Jeshua; ruler of Mizpah; wall rebuilder,a priest who helped celebrate the completion of the wall

· Hamran son of Dishon of Esau; a nobleman of Edom

· Homam son of Lotan son of Seir of Edom

· Hori son of Lotan son of Seir,father of Shaphat, the Simeonite that spied in Canaan

· Ithran son of Dishan of Seir,son of Zophah of Asher

· Jaakan son of Ezer son of Seir

· Lotan son of Seir; Eliphaz' brother-in-law

· Manahath son of Shobal son of Seir,a town 6 km SW of Jerusalem

· Onam son of Shobal son of Seir,son of Jerahmeel of Judah, and his wife Atarah

· Seir a mountain and adjoining land,a man from the highlands of Seir (OS); father-in-law of Esau

· Shephi son of Shobal son of Seir

· Shobal son of Seir,son of Hur; (grand)son of Judah

· Timna a hill town of Judah near Beth-Shemesh and the Dan border

· Uz son of Aram; (grand)son of Shem son of Noah,son of Milcah and Nahor, brother of Abraham,son of Dishan of Seir,a region in Edom inhabited by the descendants of Uz of Seir

· Zaavan son of Ezer of Seir

· Zibeon the Hivite grandfather-in-law of Esau,son of Seir

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:39 Perhaps this is the Timna mentioned in v. 36.

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:40 A few medieval Hebrew mss read “Shepho” (see Gen 36:23).

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:41 The parallel geneaology in Gen 36:26 has the variant spelling “Hemdan.” Some English versions follow the variant spelling here (e.g., NAB,...

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:42 The MT reads “Dishon” here, but this should be emended to “Dishan.” See the list in v. 38 and Gen 36:28.

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