35 The sons H1121 of Esau; H6215 Eliphaz, H464 Reuel, H7467 and Jeush, H3266 and Jaalam, H3281 and Korah. H7141
36 The sons H1121 of Eliphaz; H464 Teman, H8487 and Omar, H201 Zephi, H6825 and Gatam, H1609 Kenaz, H7073 and Timna, H8555 and Amalek. H6002
37 The sons H1121 of Reuel; H7467 Nahath, H5184 Zerah, H2226 Shammah, H8048 and Mizzah. H4199
38 And the sons H1121 of Seir; H8165 Lotan, H3877 and Shobal, H7732 and Zibeon, H6649 and Anah, H6034 and Dishon, H1787 and Ezer, H687 and Dishan. H1789
39 And the sons H1121 of Lotan; H3877 Hori, H2753 and Homam: H1950 and Timna H8555 was Lotan's H3877 sister. H269
40 The sons H1121 of Shobal; H7732 Alian, H5935 and Manahath, H4506 and Ebal, H5858 Shephi, H8195 and Onam. H208 And the sons H1121 of Zibeon; H6649 Aiah, H345 and Anah. H6034
41 The sons H1121 of Anah; H6034 Dishon. H1787 And the sons H1121 of Dishon; H1787 Amram, H2566 and Eshban, H790 and Ithran, H3506 and Cheran. H3763
42 The sons H1121 of Ezer; H687 Bilhan, H1092 and Zavan, H2190 and Jakan. H3292 The sons H1121 of Dishan; H1789 Uz, H5780 and Aran. H765
43 Now these are the kings H4428 that reigned H4427 in the land H776 of Edom H123 before H6440 any king H4428 reigned H4427 over the children H1121 of Israel; H3478 Bela H1106 the son H1121 of Beor: H1160 and the name H8034 of his city H5892 was Dinhabah. H1838
44 And when Bela H1106 was dead, H4191 Jobab H3103 the son H1121 of Zerah H2226 of Bozrah H1224 reigned H4427 in his stead.
45 And when Jobab H3103 was dead, H4191 Husham H2367 of the land H776 of the Temanites H8489 reigned H4427 in his stead.
46 And when Husham H2367 was dead, H4191 Hadad H1908 the son H1121 of Bedad, H911 which smote H5221 Midian H4080 in the field H7704 of Moab, H4124 reigned H4427 in his stead: and the name H8034 of his city H5892 was Avith. H5762
47 And when Hadad H1908 was dead, H4191 Samlah H8072 of Masrekah H4957 reigned H4427 in his stead.
48 And when Samlah H8072 was dead, H4191 Shaul H7586 of Rehoboth H7344 by the river H5104 reigned H4427 in his stead.
49 And when Shaul H7586 was dead, H4191 Baalhanan H1177 the son H1121 of Achbor H5907 reigned H4427 in his stead.
50 And when Baalhanan H1177 was dead, H4191 Hadad H1908 reigned H4427 in his stead: and the name H8034 of his city H5892 was Pai; H6464 and his wife's H802 name H8034 was Mehetabel, H4105 the daughter H1323 of Matred, H4308 the daughter H1323 of Mezahab. H4314
51 Hadad H1908 died H4191 also. And the dukes H441 of Edom H123 were; duke H441 Timnah, H8555 duke H441 Aliah, H5933 duke H441 Jetheth, H3509
52 Duke H441 Aholibamah, H173 duke H441 Elah, H425 duke H441 Pinon, H6373
53 Duke H441 Kenaz, H7073 duke H441 Teman, H8487 duke H441 Mibzar, H4014
54 Duke H441 Magdiel, H4025 duke H441 Iram. H5902 These are the dukes H441 of Edom. H123
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Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
CHAPTER 1
1Ch 1:1-23. Adam's Line to Noah.
1. Adam, &c.—"Begat" must be understood. Only that one member of the family is mentioned, who came in the direct order of succession.
4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth—The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
12. Casluhim (of whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorim—a better rendering is, "and Casluhim, of whom came the Philistim and Caphtorim." They were brethren, the sons of Casluhim, and at first dwelt together, whence their names are used interchangeably. The Caphtorim are described as inhabiting Azzah, or Gaza, the seat of the Philistines.
14-17. the Jebusite, &c.—At 1Ch 1:14-17 the names are not those of individuals, but of people who all sprang from Canaan; and as several of them became extinct or were amalgamated with their brethren, their national appellations are given instead of the personal names of their ancestors.
17. Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech—or, "Mash"; these were the children of Aram, and grandsons of Shem (Ge 10:23).
18. Arphaxad begat Shelah—Cainan, the father's name, is omitted here. (See Lu 3:36).
19. Peleg—(See on Ge 10:25).
22. Ebal—or, "Obal" (Ge 10:28).
1Ch 1:24-28. Shem's Line to Abraham.
24-27. Shem, &c.—This comprises a list of ten, inclusive of Abraham.
1Ch 1:29-31. Sons of Ishmael.
29. These are their generations—the heads of his twelve tribes. The great northern desert of Arabia, including the entire neck, was colonized by these tribes; and if we can recover, in the modern geography of this part of the country, Arab tribes bearing the names of those patriarchs, that is, names corresponding with those preserved in the original catalogue of Scripture, we obtain at once so many evidences, not of mere similarity, but of absolute identification [Forster].
Nebaioth—gave rise to the Nabathæans of the classic, and the Beni Nabat of Oriental writers.
Kedar—the Arab tribe, El Khedeyre, on the coast of Hedgar.
Abdeel—Abdilla, the name of a tribe in Yemen.
30. Dumah—Dumah and Tema, the great Arab tribes of Beni Teman. Thus this writer [Historical Geography of Arabia] traces the names of all the heads of the twelve tribes of Ishmael as perpetuated in the clans or tribes of the Arabs in the present day.
1Ch 1:32, 33. Sons of Keturah.
32. sons of Keturah—These became founders of nomadic tribes in the north of Arabia and Syria, as Midian of the Midianites (Ge 36:35; Jud 6:2).
and Shuah—from whom Bildad sprang (Job 2:11).
1Ch 1:34-42. Posterity of Abraham by Esau.
36. sons of Eliphaz—the tribe Adites, in the center country of the Saracens, so called from his mother, Adah (Ge 36:10).
Teman—gave rise to the land of Teman, near the head of the Red Sea.
Omar—the tribe Beni-Amma, settled at the northern point of Djebel Shera (Mount Seir).
Zephi—the tribe Dzaf.
Gatam—Katam, inhabited by the tribe Al Saruat, or "people of Sarah."
Kenaz—the tribe Aenezes, a tribe whose settlement lies in the neighborhood of Syria.
Amalek—the Beni Malak of Zohran, and the Beni Maledj of the Shat el Arab.
37. Reuel—a powerful branch of the great Aeneze tribe, the Rowalla Arabs.
Shammah—the great tribe Beni Shammar. In the same way, the names of the other kings and dukes are traced in the modern tribes of Arabia. But it is unnecessary to mention any more of these obscure nomads, except to notice that Jobab (1Ch 1:44), one of the kings of Edom, is considered to be Job, and that his seat was in the royal city of Dinahab (Ge 36:32; 1Ch 1:43), identified with O'Daeb, a well-known town in the center of Al Dahna, a great northern desert in the direction of Chaldea and the Euphrates [Forster].