Beor

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. Father of BelaGenesis 36:321 Chronicles 1:43
• 2. Father of BalaamNumbers 22:5
• Called BOSOR2 Peter 2:15

The passages, in Bible order (4)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 36:32

   Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 36:322 voices

   “And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom,.... His name was not Balac, as the Septuagint version, which may lead to think of Balak king of Moab; nor is this the same with Balaam, the son of Beor, who lived ages after, as some in Aben Ezra: who he was we know no more of than what is here said; he was the first Horite king, and is placed by Mr. Bedford (i) in A. M.

   “These are the names - Observe here, 1. That only the names of Esau's sons and grand-sons are recorded: not their history, for it is the church that Moses preserves the records of, not of those that were without. The elders only that lived by faith obtained a good report.

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2. Numbers 22:5

   he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 22:52 voices

   “He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam--that is, "lord" or "devourer" of people, a famous soothsayer (Jos 13:22). son of Beor--or, in the Chaldee form, Bosor--that is, "destruction." Pethor--a city of Mesopotamia, situated on the Euphrates.

   “He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor,....

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3. 1 Chronicles 1:43

   These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:432 voices

   “Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom,.... Which had its name from Esau, who was so called, Gen 25:30. From hence, to the end of the chapter, an account is given of the kings and dukes of Edom, in the same order as in Gen 30:31.

   “The slight differences favor the view, that the writer of Chronicles has here, as elsewhere, abridged from Genesis (see the marginal references).

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4. 2 Peter 2:15

   They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

   ›Commentary on 2 Peter 2:152 voices

   “The way of Balaam the son of Bosor - So the Chaldeans pronounced what the Jews termed Beor; namely, the way of covetousness. Who loved - Earnestly desired, though he did not dare to take, the reward of unrighteousness - The money which Balak would have given him for cursing Israel.

   “Which have forsaken the right way - The straight path of honesty and integrity. Religion is often represented as a straight path, and to do wrong is to go out of that path in a crooked way. Following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor - See Num 22:5, following. In the Book of Numbers, Balaam is called the son of “Beor.” Perhaps the name Beor was corrupted into Bosor; or, as Rosenmuller suggests, the father of Balaam may have had two names. Schleusner (Lexicon) supposes that it was changed by the Greeks because it was more easily pronounced.

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