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Connecting Two Peoples
Commentators note that Timna is mentioned specifically because she connects the original Horite inhabitants of Seir with the new Edomite rulers. She, a Horite, becomes the concubine of Esau's son, Eliphaz (Genesis 36:12). This detail, embedded in a long list of names, shows how the two family lines became intertwined through marriage.
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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 36:22
19th Century
Bishop
Timna. —Not the Timna mentioned in Genesis 36:12, because she is described here as sister of Lotan the brother of Zibeon, who was …
John Gill
On Genesis 36:22
17th Century
Pastor
And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heman
The first of these seems to have his name from the general name of the…
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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…