These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
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These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. The children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan’s sister was Timna. These are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father. These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. These are the children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
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These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
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These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
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These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,
and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. These are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
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- Genesis 14:6 (v20) and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
- Deuteronomy 2:12 (v20) The Horites also lived in Seir in the past, but the children of Esau succeeded them. They destroyed them from before them, and lived in…
- Deuteronomy 2:22 (v20) as he did for the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in…
- 1 Chronicles 1:38-42 (v20) The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Timna was Lotan’s sister.…
- Genesis 36:2 (v20) Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter…
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- Genesis 36:22-30 (v20) The children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan’s sister was Timna. These are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v20 Before that Esau did there inhabit.
Before that Esau did there inhabit.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On v20 Gen 36:20 These [are] the sons of Seir the…
Gen 36:20 These [are] the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
Ver. 20. These are the sons of Seir.] Esau was by marriage allied to this Seir: for he married his niece Aholibamah: {Gen 36:2} yet the children of Esau chased away the Horims of Seir, and dwelt in their stead in mount Seir. {Deu 2:12} Wicked men are void of natural affection, in their pursuit of profit or preferment; Abimelech, Absalom, Athaliah, for instance; and that Amida, son of Muleasses, king of Tunis, who rose up against his father, and possessing himself of his kingdom, slew his captains, polluted his wives, took the castle of Tunis; and, after all, put out his father’s and brethren’s eyes, like as Muleasses himself, before, had dealt with his own brethren. {a}
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{a} Turk. Hist., fol. 745, 747, 642.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v20 The sons of Seir are here mentioned, partly because…
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The sons of Seir are here mentioned, partly because of their alliance with Esau’s family, Gen 35:2,20,22,24,25, and partly because the government was translated from his to Esau’s family.
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Who inhabited the land, and ruled there, till Esau and his posterity drove them out, Deu 2:12,22.
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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On v20 In the midst of this genealogy of the Edomites…
In the midst of this genealogy of the Edomites here is inserted the genealogy of the Horites, those Canaanites, or Hittites (compare Gen 26:34), that were the natives of Mount Seir. Mention is made of them, Gen 14:6, and of their interest in Mount Seir, before the Edomites took possession of it, Deu 2:12, Deu 2:22. This comes in here, not only to give light to the story, but to be a standing reflection upon the Edomites for intermarrying with them, by which, it is probable, they learned their way, and corrupted themselves. Esau having sold his birthright, and lost his blessing, and entered into alliance with the Hittites, his posterity and the sons of Seir are here reckoned together. Note, Those that treacherously desert God's church are justly numbered with those that were never in it; apostate Edomites stand on the same ground with accursed Horites. Particular notice is taken of one Anah who fed the asses of Zibeon his father (Gen 36:24), and yet is called duke Anah, Gen 36:29. Note, Those that expect to rise high should begin low. An honourable descent should not keep men from an honest employment, nor a mean employment hinder any man's preferment. This Anah was not only industrious in his business, but ingenious too, and successful; for he found mules, or (as some read it) waters, hot-baths, in the wilderness. Those that are diligent in their business sometimes find more advantages than they expected.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv20–21 And these are the children of Zibeon,.... The third…
And these are the children of Zibeon,.... The third son of Self, and who had two sons:
both Ajah and Anah; of the latter it is observed:
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this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father; who observed, while he was feeding his father's asses in the wilderness, that the he asses coupled with mares, or horses with the she asses, and produced another sort of creatures called mules; and by this means found out the way how such creatures might be produced, and practised it: so Aelianus says (d), that mules are not the produce of nature, but you may call it an adulterous invention of human contrivance and boldness, and a theft: this is the common interpretation, and to which our version leads: but against it it may be observed, that the word for "mules" is different from this here used, nor is this word ever used of mules, nor does it appear that there were any creatures of this sort before the days of David; nor is the word translated "found" ever used of that which before was not in being, but of what already existed; nor is there any mention of horses or mares in this account also; had it referred to a mixture of these creatures with asses, it would not have been omitted. Some think therefore the words are to be rendered, "he found waters in the wilderness"; sources and collections of waters which were not usual in a wilderness, and of great worth and use in desert lands, as Edom was, and in those hot countries, and the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "hot waters"; but then to the fixing of either of these versions, the word must be altered either in its points or letters, for which there is no authority. The Targum of Onkelos renders it mighty ones or giants, and may signify the "Emim", the "aleph" being changed for "yod", as Aben Ezra observes; and then the sense is, that these gigantic people, who were so called from the terror they taught upon their neighbours, and, who dwelt near the Horim in Seir, Deu 2:10, as they used to steal from their flocks, Anah lighted on them in the wilderness, and fell upon them, and took them; and with this agrees the Samaritan version, "he found giants, in the wilderness"; and so Abendana interprets the words: Aben Ezra observes that many interpret the word of plants or herbs; and a very learned (e) man is of opinion that the word used is the name of an useful herb or plant, first discovered by Anah. This Anah, though a keeper of his father's asses, is afterwards called Duke Anah; it being the custom of the sons of great personages to be the keepers of flocks and herds; See Gill on Gen 29:9.
(d) De Animal. l. 12. c. 16. (e) Wagenseil, in Sota, p. 217, 218.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v20 These are the sons of Seir - In the…
These are the sons of Seir - In the midst of the genealogy of the Edomites is inserted the genealogy of the Horites, those Canaanites, or Hittites, (compare chap. xxvi, 34,) that were the natives of mount Seir. Mention is made of them, chap. xiv, 6, and of their interest in mount Seir before the Edomites took possession of it, Deut. ii, 12, 22. This comes in here, not only to give light to the story, but to be a standing reflexion upon the Edomites for intermarrying with them, by which it is likely they learned their way, and corrupted themselves. Esau having sold his birth-right, and lost his blessing and entered into alliance with the Hittites, his posterity and the sons of Seir are here reckoned together. Those that treacherously desert God's church are justly numbered with those that were never in it: apostate Edomites stand on the same ground with accursed Horites. Notice is taken of one Anah, who fed the asses of Zibeon his father, ver. 20, and yet is called duke Anah, ver. 29. Those that expect to rise high should begin low. An honourable descent should not keep men from an honest employment, nor a mean employment baulk any man's preferment.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv20–21 Verse 20. These are the sons of Seir the…
Verse 20. These are the sons of Seir the Horite] These Horites were the original inhabitants of the country of Seir, called the land of the Horites, and afterwards the land of the Idumeans, when the descendants of Esau had driven them out. These people are first mentioned Ge 14:6.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v20 Gen 36:20. These are the sons of Seir —…
Gen 36:20. These are the sons of Seir — In the midst of the genealogy of the Edomites is inserted the genealogy of the Horites, that were the natives of mount Seir before the Edomites took possession of it, Deu 2:12; Deu 2:22. This comes in here, not only to give light to the story, but to be a standing reflection upon the Edomites for intermarrying with them, by which it is likely they learned their ways, and corrupted themselves.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v20 Sons of Seir, the Horite--native dukes, who were incorporated…
Sons of Seir, the Horite--native dukes, who were incorporated with those of the Edomite race.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v20 SONS OF SEIR THE HORITE, Gen_36:20-30.
SONS OF SEIR THE HORITE, Gen_36:20-30.
The Horites were the original occupants of Mount Seir, (Gen_14:6,) but it appears from Deu_2:12; Deu_2:22, that they were subdued by the sons of Esau, and in all probability the remnants of their tribes intermarried with the Edomites, and became so identified with them as to be thus included in this genealogy. The seven sons of Seir the Horite are all mentioned again in Gen_36:29-30 as the dukes of the Horites, corresponding with the sons and dukes of Esau already given. On the identification of some of these names there are differences of opinion. Timna, in Gen_36:22, is generally allowed to be the same as the concubine of Eliphaz, Gen_36:12. It is natural to suppose Aholibamah the daughter of Anah (Gen_36:25) to be the same as the wife of Esau, (Gen_36:2,) but Keil very positively denies their identity. Anah (Gen_36:24) is said to be a son of Zibeon the Horite; but the Anah of Gen_36:2 is the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite. Anah is distinguished for having found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. There is no good authority for rendering the word ימם, mules; it means rather, warm springs. While he pastured the asses of Zibeon he discovered certain hot springs, probably those of Callirhoe, on the east of the Dead Sea, in the wady Zerka-Main, which are famous for their medicinal qualities and various temperature, ranging from tepid to a degree of heat that cannot be endured in bathing. Hengstenberg suggests that the discovery of these springs gave Anah the surname Beeri, (xxvi, 34,) “the fountain man,” or “well-finder,” and thus constructs an argument to prove the identity of Anah with the father of Esau’s wife. His argument, if not conclusive, should suffice to show how many possible circumstances, now unknown to us, might have occasioned the differences of names which puzzle us in old genealogical tables.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v20 20. the inhabitants of the land] The aborigines: see…
20. the inhabitants of the land] The aborigines: see Gen_14:6; Deu_2:12.
20–30. The Horites—the aboriginal inhabitants of the country—“the sons of Seir, the Horite,” were possibly so called from the word ḥor, “a hole”; cf. 1Sa_13:6; 1Sa_14:11. This derivation has long been maintained, and is possibly correct, the Horites being regarded as troglodytes, or cave-dwellers. In Oba_1:3 Edom is apostrophized, “O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock.” On the other hand another derivation has recently commended itself, Hor being identified with the Egyptian Haru which is found in Egyptian inscriptions for “Syria.” But there is good support from the rocks of Petra and the excavations at Gezer for the “cave-dweller” explanation of the word.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v20 (20) The sons of Seir the Horite.—This genealogy is…
(20) The sons of Seir the Horite.—This genealogy is given partly because it contains that of Aholibamah, but chiefly because the Horites were in time fused with the descendants of Esau, and together formed the Edomites.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v20 Vers. 20, 21. These are the sons of Seir…
Vers. 20, 21. These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land. The primitive inhabitants of Idumea were Horites (vide, Gen_14:6) of whom the ancestor, Seir ("Rugged"), either gave his name to, or took his name from, the district in which he lived. Though ultimately driven out by the Edomites, (Deu_2:12) they were probably only gradually dispossessed, and not until a portion of them had coalesced with their conquerors, as Esau himself had a Horite wife, Aholibamah, and his son Eliphaz a Horite concubine of the name of Thuna. They were, as the name Horite, from chor, a hole or cavern, imports a race of troglodytes or cavemen, who dwelt in the sandstone and limestone eaves with which the land of Edom abounds. The cave palaces, temples, and tombs that have been excavated in Mount Seir are still astonishing in their grandeur. Lotan, up" (Gesenius)and Shobal, (Gesenius)and Zibeon, and Anah (this Anah was the uncle of the Anah mentioned in ver. 25), and Dishan, (Gesenius, Furst)and Eser, (Gesenius) and Dishan : same as Dishon (Gesenius, Furst); "Threshing" (Murphy)these are the dukes of, the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v20 Lit. Rock dweller.
Horite
Lit. Rock dweller.
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v20 The Horites
The Horites
v. 20. These are the sons of Seir, the Horite, who inhabited the land; after him the country was named, and with his descendants those of Edom mingled: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah (this name being both masculine and feminine),
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v. 21. and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan; these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir, in the land of Edom. The Horites, or descendants of Seir, the original inhabitants of the wilderness of Zin, were cave-dwellers arid shared the many caves in that country with their herds and flocks.
v. 22. And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam (or Homam, 1Ch 1:39); and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
v. 23. And the children of Shobal were these: Alvan (or Alian, 1Ch 1:40),and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho (or Shephi, 1Ch 1:40),and Onam.
v. 24. And these are the children of Zibeon: both Ajah, and Anah; this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon, his father. While he had charge of his father’s asses in the wilderness, he discovered some warm springs, a number of which are found in that country to this day.
v. 25. And the children of Anah were these: Dishon, and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
v. 26. And these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan (or Amram, 1Ch 1:41),and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
v. 27. The children of Ezer are these: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan (or Jakan, 1Ch 1:42).
v. 28. The children of Dishan are these: Uz, and Aran.
v. 29. These are the dukes that came of the Horites: Duke Lotan, Duke Shobal, Duke Zibeon, Duke Anah,
v. 30. Duke Dishon, Duke Ezer, Duke Dishan; these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. These were all descendants of Seir, the Horite, as they were divided and called after their individual princes.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v20 The word "Seir" is the name of a man…
Seir
The word "Seir" is the name of a man and of a country.
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the Horite
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the inhabitants of the land
"who lived in the land of Seir, which is also called Edom"
Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan ... Hori and Heman
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Timna
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v20 36:20-30 Seir the Horite was an early inhabitant of…
36:20-30 Seir the Horite was an early inhabitant of the land; his descendants populated the region until Esau moved in and displaced them (Deut 2:12).
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