Genesis 36:37
in Genesis 36When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.
KJV
And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd Samlah died,.... As is supposed, about A. M. 2283. and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead; Rehoboth was one of the cities built by Ashur, Gen 10:11; and was situated near the river Euphrates; and so the Targum of Jonathan calls it Rehoboth which is by Euphrates; but Jerom (n), from Eusebius, takes it to be another city by a river in Edom, and says, that there was in his days a garrison in the country of Gabalena (a part of Idumea), a large village called by that name. (n) De loc. Heb. fol.
This site's exposition
Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place
on Genesis 36:37-39
The crown passes from city to city, Masrekah, Rehoboth, then Pau, and each king reigns in the place of the one who died, the son of a king never following him. Hadad is the only king whose wife is named, Mehetabel daughter of Matred, who is herself called the daughter of Me-zahab. Gill places Rehoboth near the Euphrates with the Targum.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Little more is recorded than their names, because the history of those that were out of the church (though perhaps it might have been serviceable in politics) would have been of little use in divinity. It is in the church that the memorable instances are found of special grace, and special providence; for that is the enclosure, the rest is common.
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.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֖מָת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| שַׂמְלָ֑ה | samlah | Samlah | H8072 → | |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| תַּחְתָּ֔יו | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
| שָׁא֖וּל | shaul | Shaul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| מֵרְחֹב֥וֹת | merechovot | from Rehoboth | H7344 → | 4 times |
| הַנָּהָֽר׃ | hanahar | the River | H5104 → | 119 times |
וַיָּ֖מָתand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
שַׂמְלָ֑הSamlah
samlahH8072 →
וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְand he reigned
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
תַּחְתָּ֔יוin place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
שָׁא֖וּלShaul
shaulH7586 →402 times
מֵרְחֹב֥וֹתfrom Rehoboth
merechovotH7344 →4 times
הַנָּהָֽר׃the River
hanaharH5104 →119 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach 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 10:11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
it leads to
- Micah 5:6
And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our…
- Nahum 1:1
This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
- Jonah 1:2
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
- Psalms 83:8
Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
- Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
- Micah 5:6
About Genesis
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.