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The Land's First People
This verse introduces the Horites, the original inhabitants of the land later called Edom. Commentators explain they were known as "cave-dwellers" (the name Horite is related to the word for cave). This list provides the historical and social backdrop for the nation Esau's descendants would build.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 36:1–43
18th Century
Theologian
אהלבמה 'ohŏlı̂ybâmâh — Oholibamah, “tent of the high place.” ענה ‛ǎnâh, ‘Anah, “answering.” צבעון …
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 36:20
19th Century
Bishop
The sons of Seir the Horite. —This genealogy is given partly because it contains that of Aholibamah, but chiefly because the Horit…
John Gill
On Genesis 36:20
17th Century
Pastor
These [are] the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the
land
"Before", as the Targum…
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Matthew Henry
On Genesis 36:1–40
17th Century
Minister
The records in this chapter show the faithfulness of God to his promise to Abraham. Esau is here called Edom, that name which kept up the remembran…