Genesis 36:41
in Genesis 36Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
KJV
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
4 notes on this verseDuke Aholibamah, Duke Elah, Duke Pinon. The former is the name of a woman, Gen 36:2; here the name of a man, and also of the place of which he was duke; for Jerom observes (q), that Oolibama is a city of the princes of Edom, and who also makes mention of Elath, a country of the princes of Edom, and a city of Esau, ten miles from Petra to the east (r), and the seat of Duke Pinon was very probably Phinon, which lay between Petra and Zoar (s). (q) De Loc. Heb. fol. 93. K. (r) Ib. fol.
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 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַלּ֧וּף | ʾaluf | chief | H441 → | 69 times |
| אָהֳלִיבָמָ֛ה | ʾoholivamah | Oholibamah | H173 → | 8 times |
| אַלּ֥וּף | ʾaluf | chief | H441 → | 69 times |
| אֵלָ֖ה | ʾelah | Elah | H425 → | |
| אַלּ֥וּף | ʾaluf | chief | H441 → | 69 times |
| פִּינֹֽן׃ | pinon | Pinon | H6373 → |
אַלּ֧וּףchief
ʾalufH441 →69 times
אָהֳלִיבָמָ֛הOholibamah
ʾoholivamahH173 →8 times
אַלּ֥וּףchief
ʾalufH441 →69 times
אֵלָ֖הElah
ʾelahH425 →
אַלּ֥וּףchief
ʾalufH441 →69 times
פִּינֹֽן׃Pinon
pinonH6373 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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.