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chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
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A Direct Link to Genesis
Commentators unanimously note that this list of Edomite chiefs is a direct transcript or abridgment from Genesis 36. Scholars like Albert Barnes and Charles Ellicott explain that any slight differences are simply incidental to the process of transcribing and editing, highlighting the Chronicler's reliance on the book of Genesis.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The slight differences favor the view that the writer of Chronicles has here, as elsewhere, abridged from Genesis (see the marginal references).
19th Century
Anglican
The ancient kings and chiliarchs of Edom, a transcript of Genesis 36:31-43, with only such differences as are incidental to transcribing.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 1:43).
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