Ge 36:1-43. POSTERITY OF ESAU.
1. these are the generations--history of the leading men and
events (compare
Ge 2:4).
Esau who is Edom--A name applied to him in reference to the
peculiar color of his skin at birth
[Ge 25:25],
rendered more significant by his inordinate craving for the red
pottage
[Ge 25:30],
and also by the fierce sanguinary character of his descendants (compare
Eze 25:12;
Ob 10).
JFB.
Outline
1 Esau's family in Canaan
6 Esau removes to Mount Seir
9 His descendants in Seir
20 The sons and chiefs of Seir
31 The kings of Edom
40 The chiefs that descended of Esau.
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