Genesis 36:1-43
[A.M. 2208. B.C. 1796.]
Esau <06215> [Esau.]
Adah <05711> [Adah. or, Bashemath.]
Oholibamah <0173> [Aholibamah.]
[Judith. the daughter.]
We ought, most probably, to read here and in ver. 14, as in ver. 20, "the son of Zibeon;" which is the reading of the Samaritan, Septuagint, (and Syriac, in ver. 2,) and which Houbigant and Kennicott contend to be genuine.
[Mahalath.]
Adah <05711> [Adah.]
Eliphaz <0464> [Eliphaz.]
Reuel <07467> [Reuel. not.]
land <0776> [in the land.]
people <05315> [A.M. cir. 2264. B.C. cir. 1740. persons. Heb. souls.]
<03212> [went.]
possessions <07399> [their riches.]
land <0776> [the land.]
hill country ... Seir <08165 02022> [mount Seir.]
Esau <06215> [Esau.]
Edomites <0123> [the Edomites. Heb. Edom.]
[A.M. cir. 2230. B.C. cir. 1774.]
Zepho <06825> [A.M. cir. 2270. B.C. cir. 1734. Zepho.]
[Zephi.]
Timna <08555> [Timna.]
Amalek <06002> [Amalek.]
[A.M. cir. 2292. B.C. cir. 1712.]
[First aristocracy of dukes, from A.M. cir. 2429, to A.M. cir.]
2471; from B.C. cir. 1575, to B.C. cir. 1533.
chiefs ............. chief ... chief ... chief ... chief <0441> [dukes.]
The word duke is from the Latin {dux,} a captain or leader, from {duco,} to lead, guide; which is the exact import of the Hebrew [alluph <\\See definition 0441\\,>] {alluph,} from [aleph, lamed, pheh,] to lead, guide; and is here applied to heads of families, chieftains, or princes, who were military leaders.
Eliphaz <0464> [Eliphaz.]
chiefs ............. chief Teman chief ... chief ... chief <0441 08487> [duke Teman.]
chief Korah chief ... chief ...... chiefs <0441 07141> [Duke Korah.]
As it is certain from ver. 4, that Eliphaz was Esau's son by Adah, and from ver. 11, 12, that Eliphaz had but six sons, "Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and Amalek;" as is is also certain, from ver. 5, 14, that Korah was the son of Esau (not Eliphaz) by Aholibamah; and as the words duke Korah are omitted by both the Samaritan Text and Version, Dr. Kennicott pronounces them to be an interpolation.
chief ... chief ... chief ...... chiefs <0441> [dukes.]
Reuel ................ Reuel <07467> [Reuel.]
Edom <0123> [who is Edom.]
[A.M. cir. 2198. B.C. cir. 1806.]
[A.M. cir. 2204. B.C. cir. 1800.]
Homam <01967> [A.M. cir. 2248. B.C. 1756. Hemam.]
[Homan.]
Timna <08555> [Timna.]
Alvan <05935> [Alvan.]
[Alian.]
Shepho <08195> [Shepho. or, Shephi.]
discovered <04672> [found.]
Dishon <01787> [Dishon.]
Anah ........ Anah <06034> [Anah.]
Hemdan <02533> [Hemdan.]
[Amram.]
Ezer <0687> [Ezer.]
Akan <06130> [Akan.]
[Jakan.]
Uz <05780> [Uz.]
Horites <02752> [Horites.]
chiefs ..... chief Lotan chief ... chief ... chief <0441 03877> [duke Lotan.]
[From A.M. cir. 2093, to A.M. cir. 2429; from B.C. cir. 1911, to B.C. cir. 1575. dukes in the.]
kings ........... king <04428> [the kings.]
reigned ....... before .... ruled <06440 04427> [before there.]
Moses may here allude to the promise which God made to Jacob (ch. 35:11,) that kings should proceed from him; and here states that these kings reigned before that prophecy began to be fulfilled.
Bozrah <01224> [A.M. cir. 2135. B.C. cir. 1869. Bozrah.]
Bozrah, Bezer, or Bostra, was situated in Arabia Deserta, and the eastern part of Edom; and, according to Eusebius, was 24 miles from Edrei. It afterwards belonged to Moab, and was given by Moses to Reuben, but again reverted to Edom. It is now called Boszra; and is described by Burckhardt as the largest town in the Haouran, including its ruins, though only inhabited by about twelve or fifteen families. It is situated in the open plain, two hours distant from Aare, and is at present the last inhabited place in the south-east extremity of the Haouran. It is of an oval shape, it greatest length being from east to west; and its circumference three quarters of an hour.
Temanites <08489> [A.M. cir. 2177. B.C. cir. 1827. Temani.]
Eusebius places Teman, or Th‘man, which probably gave name to "the land of Temani," in Arabia Petr‘a, five miles from Petra, and says there was a Roman garrison there.
[A.M. cir. 2219. B.C. cir. 1785.]
[A.M. cir. 2261. B.C. cir. 1743.]
Rehoboth <07344> [A.M. cir. 2303. B.C. cir. 1701. Rehoboth.]
[A.M. cir. 2315. B.C. cir. 1659.]
Hadad <01924> [A.M. cir. 2387. B.C. cir. 1617. Hadar.]
[Hadad Pai.]
After his death was an aristocracy.
[Second aristocracy of dukes, from A.M. cir. 2471, B.C. cir.]
1533; to A.M. cir. 2513, B.C. cir. 1491. And these.
chiefs ............... chief ... chief ... chief <0441> [dukes.]
Alvah <05933> [Alvah. or, Aliah.]
chief ... chief ...... chiefs <0441> [the dukes.]
settlements ...... possessed <04186 0272> [their.]
father <01> [father.]
Edom .................. Edomites <0123> [the Edomites. Heb. Edom.]
Genesis 1:4
that <03588> [that.]
light ........ light .... darkness <0216 0996 02822> [the light from the darkness. Heb. between the light and between the darkness.]
Joshua 24:23
aside <05493> [put away.]
submit <05186> [incline.]
Joshua 24:1
Joshua <03091> [Joshua.]
This must have been a different assembly from that mentioned in the preceding chapter, though probably held not long after the former.
Shechem <07927> [Shechem.]
As it is immediately added, that "they presented themselves before God," which is supposed to mean at the tabernacle; some are of opinion that Joshua caused it to be conveyed from Shiloh to Shechem on this occasion, to give the greater solemnity to his last meeting with the people. The Vatican and Alexandrian copies of the Septuagint, however, read [Selo,] both here and in verse 25; which many suppose to have been the original reading. Dr. Shuckford supposes that the covenant was made at Shechem, and that the people went to Shiloh to confirm it. But the most probable opinion seems to be that of Dr. Kennicott, that when all the tribes were assembled as Shechem, Joshua called the chiefs to him on that mount, which had before been consecrated by the law, and by the altar which he had erected.
summoned <07121> [called.]
appeared <03320> [presented.]
Joshua 8:1-2
afraid .... panic <03372 02865> [Fear not.]
Take .... army ...................... people <03947 05971> [take all.]
It would seem, from this verse, that all that were capable of bearing arms were to march out of the camp on this occasion: 30,000 formed an ambuscade in one place; and 5,000 were placed in another, who all gained their positions in the night. With the rest of the army, Joshua appeared the next morning before Ai, which the men of that city would naturally suppose was the whole of the Israelitish force and, consequently, be the more emboldened to come out and attack them. Some, however, think that 30,000 men were the whole that were employed on this occasion, 5,000 of whom were placed in ambush on the west of the city, between Bethel and Ai (ver. 12,) and, with the rest, Joshua appeared before the city in the morning. The king, seeing but about 25,000 coming against him, though he had but 12,000 persons in the whole city (ver. 25), determined to risk a battle, issued out, and was defeated by stratagem.
See I ... handing <07200 05414> [see, I have.]
Do ... Ai ....... did <05857 06213> [do to Ai.]
[See on ch.]
plunder <07998> [only the spoil.]
Set ... ambush <07760 0693> [lay thee.]
Joshua 19:3
Hazar Shual <02705> [Hazar-shual.]
Philippians 2:13
God <2316> [God.]
desire <2309> [to will.]
good pleasure <2107> [good.]
