The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
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The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
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And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
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And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
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- Genesis 36:15-16 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:35-36 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman,…
Gen 36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
Ver. 11. And the sons of Eliphaz.] See here the fulfilling of God’s predictions and promises, even to an Esau. Will he be wanting to his obedient people?
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son,.... She…
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, Gen 36:22; in Ch1 1:36 mention is made of Timna among the sons of Eliphaz, and of Duke Timnah here, Gen 36:40; and Gerundinsis (y) is of opinion, that Timnah the concubine of Eliphaz, after she had bore Amalek, conceived and bore another son, and she dying in childbirth, he called it by her name to perpetuate her memory: but Jarchi says, that Eliphaz lay with Lotan's mother, the wife of Seir the Horite, of whom was born Timna, and when she grew up she became his concubine, and so was both his daughter and his concubine:
and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek; from whence the Amalekites sprung, often mentioned in Scripture, whom the Israelites were commanded utterly to destroy, Sa1 15:18,
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these were the sons of Adah, Esau's wife; that is, her grandsons.
(y) Apud Menasseh ben Israel, conciliator in Gen. Quaest. 57. p. 81.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. Teman] A district in the north of Edom.…
11. Teman] A district in the north of Edom. Cf. Eze_25:13; Amo_1:12; Oba_1:9. Its reputation for “wise men” is alluded to in Jer_49:7; Bar_3:22-23. Job’s friend Eliphaz is a Temanite, Job_2:11. The Heb. word têmân means “south,” i.e. what is on the right hand, facing east.
Kenaz] Probably connected with the Kenizzites (Gen_15:19), an Edomite family, which attached itself to the tribe of Judah in southern Palestine.
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