Genesis 36:40
in Genesis 36These are the names of Esau’s chiefs, according to their families and regions, by their names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,
KJV
And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThese are the names of the dukes that came of Esau - These dukes did not govern the whole nation of the Idumeans, but they were chiefs in their respective families, in their places - the districts they governed, and to which they gave their names. Calmet thinks that those mentioned above were dukes in Edom or Idumea at the time of the exodus of Israel from Egypt.
This site's exposition
These are the names of Esau's chiefs
on Genesis 36:40-43
The chapter closes with chiefs again after the kings, and this list runs by families and regions, so the names are territories as much as men. Henry reads the order as a fall, from kings to chiefs and from crowns to coronets, and Clarke takes these for the chiefs holding the country when Israel came out of Egypt. Edom ends the chapter settled in the land it possessed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 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.
Note, When power is abused, it is just with God to weaken it, by turning it into divers channels. For the transgression of a land, many are the princes thereof. Sin brought Edom from kings to dukes, from crowns to coronets.
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.
And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau,....
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְ֠אֵלֶּה | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| שְׁמ֞וֹת | shemot | [were] [the] names of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אַלּוּפֵ֤י | ʾalufei | [the] chiefs of | H441 → | 69 times |
| עֵשָׂו֙ | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם | lemishpechotam | to clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
| לִמְקֹמֹתָ֖ם | limkomotam | to places their | H4725 → | 401 times |
| בִּשְׁמֹתָ֑ם | bishmotam | by names their | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אַלּ֥וּף | ʾaluf | chief | H441 → | 69 times |
| תִּמְנָ֛ע | timna' | Timna | H8555 → | 6 times |
| אַלּ֥וּף | ʾaluf | chief | H441 → | 69 times |
| עַֽלְוָ֖ה | ʾalvah | Alvah | H5933 → | |
| אַלּ֥וּף | ʾaluf | chief | H441 → | 69 times |
| יְתֵֽת׃ | yetet | Jetheth | H3509 → |
וְ֠אֵלֶּהand these
veelehH428 →746 times
שְׁמ֞וֹת[were] [the] names of
shemotH8034 →864 times
אַלּוּפֵ֤י[the] chiefs of
ʾalufeiH441 →69 times
עֵשָׂו֙Esau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔םto clans their
lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times
לִמְקֹמֹתָ֖םto places their
limkomotamH4725 →401 times
בִּשְׁמֹתָ֑םby names their
bishmotamH8034 →864 times
אַלּ֥וּףchief
ʾalufH441 →69 times
תִּמְנָ֛עTimna
timna'H8555 →6 times
אַלּ֥וּףchief
ʾalufH441 →69 times
עַֽלְוָ֖הAlvah
ʾalvahH5933 →
אַלּ֥וּףchief
ʾalufH441 →69 times
יְתֵֽת׃Jetheth
yetetH3509 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 36:31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:
it leads to
- Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
- 1 Chronicles 1:43–50
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.
- Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
- Numbers 20:14
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
- Genesis 17:6
Through
Exodus 15:15Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
it leads to
- Joshua 5:1
Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until…
- Joshua 2:11
When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
- Joshua 2:9
and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting…
- Psalms 68:2
As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
- Joshua 5:1
About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.