Genesis 36:12
in Genesis 36Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.
KJV
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
3 notes on this verseTimna was concubine to Eliphaz - As Timna was sister to Lotan the Horite, Gen 36:22, we see how the family of Esau and the Horites got intermixed. This might give the sons of Esau a pretext to seize the land, and expel the ancient inhabitants, as we find they did, Deu 2:12. Amalek - The father of the Amalekites, afterwards bitter enemies to the Jews, and whom God commanded to be entirely exterminated, Deu 25:17, Deu 25:19.
This site's exposition
Timna, a concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz
Amalek is born to Timna, a concubine of Eliphaz, and the name stands here for the first time in Scripture. Amalek attacks Israel at Rephidim in Exodus 17:8, and the LORD swears war with Amalek from generation to generation at Exodus 17:16. Timna is Lotan's sister by verse 22, making Amalek half Horite.
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The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְתִמְנַ֣ע׀ | vetimna' | and Timna | H8555 → | 6 times |
| הָיְתָ֣ה | hayetah | she was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| פִילֶ֗גֶשׁ | filegesh | a concubine | H6370 → | 37 times |
| לֶֽאֱלִיפַז֙ | leelifaz | of Eliphaz | H464 → | 15 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֵשָׂ֔ו | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
| וַתֵּ֥לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| לֶאֱלִיפַ֖ז | leelifaz | to Eliphaz | H464 → | 15 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲמָלֵ֑ק | ʾamalek | Amalek | H6002 → | |
| אֵ֕לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [were] [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עָדָ֖ה | ʾadah | Adah | H5711 → | 8 times |
| אֵ֥שֶׁת | ʾeshet | [the] wife of | H802 → | 781 times |
| עֵשָֽׂו׃ | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
וְתִמְנַ֣ע׀and Timna
vetimna'H8555 →6 times
הָיְתָ֣הshe was
hayetahH1961 →3559 times
פִילֶ֗גֶשׁa concubine
filegeshH6370 →37 times
לֶֽאֱלִיפַז֙of Eliphaz
leelifazH464 →15 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עֵשָׂ֔וEsau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
וַתֵּ֥לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
לֶאֱלִיפַ֖זto Eliphaz
leelifazH464 →15 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲמָלֵ֑קAmalek
ʾamalekH6002 →
אֵ֕לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
בְּנֵ֥י[were] [the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
עָדָ֖הAdah
ʾadahH5711 →8 times
אֵ֥שֶׁת[the] wife of
ʾeshetH802 →781 times
עֵשָֽׂו׃Esau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
1 stopEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 36:22The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 1:39
The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.
- 1 Chronicles 1:39
About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Chuck Missler, Learn the Bible in 24 Hours and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).