Genesis 36:42
in Genesis 36Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
KJV
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
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This verse in Genesis 36
Commentary
4 notes on this verseDuke Kenaz, Duke Teman, Duke Mibzar. There was a Kenaz the son of Eliphaz, and so a Teman a son of his, who were both dukes; but these seem to be different from them, though the latter might be duke of the place called Teman from him: which, in Jerom's time (t), was a village five miles distant from Petra, and where was a Roman garrison, and so Mabsar in his times (u), was a large village in the country of Gabalena (a part of Idumea), and called Mabsara, and belonged to the city Petra. (t) De loc.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַלּ֥וּף | ʾaluf | chief | H441 → | 69 times |
| קְנַ֛ז | kenaz | Kenaz | H7073 → | 11 times |
| אַלּ֥וּף | ʾaluf | chief | H441 → | 69 times |
| תֵּימָ֖ן | teiman | Teman | H8487 → | 11 times |
| אַלּ֥וּף | ʾaluf | chief | H441 → | 69 times |
| מִבְצָֽר׃ | mivtzar | Mibzar | H4014 → |
אַלּ֥וּףchief
ʾalufH441 →69 times
קְנַ֛זKenaz
kenazH7073 →11 times
אַלּ֥וּףchief
ʾalufH441 →69 times
תֵּימָ֖ןTeman
teimanH8487 →11 times
אַלּ֥וּףchief
ʾalufH441 →69 times
מִבְצָֽר׃Mibzar
mivtzarH4014 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Genesis
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
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.