Genesis 36:16 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 36:16

Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.

BSB

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ASV

chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

KJV

Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Duke Korah,.... Only among the sons of Eliphaz is reckoned Duke Korah, not before mentioned among his sons, and is left out in the Samaritan version; See Gill on Gen 36:7; to which it may be added, that according to Gerundinsis (a), this is the same with Timna, related among the sons of Eliphaz, 1Ch 1:36; who was called by his father Korah: or this might be a grandson of Eliphaz. (a) Apud Menaasseh ut supra. (conciliator in Gen. Quaest. 57. p. 81.)

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Duke Korah - This Dr. Kennicott pronounces to be an interpolation. “It is certain, from Gen 36:4, that Eliphaz was Esau’s son by Adah; and from Gen 36:11, Gen 36:12, that Eliphaz had but six sons, Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and Amalek. It is also certain, from Gen 36:5, Gen 36:14, that Korah was the son of Esau (not of Eliphaz) by Aholibamah; and as such he is properly mentioned in Gen 36:18: These are the sons of Aholibamah, Esau’s wife: duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, Duke Korah.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The head of each tribe was called by a term which in our version is rendered "duke"--not of the high rank and wealth of a British peer, but like the sheiks or emirs of the modern East, or the chieftains of highland clans. Fourteen are mentioned who flourished contemporaneously.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַלּֽוּף־	'a.luf-	chief	H441 →
קֹ֛רַח	Ko.rach	Korah	H7141 →
אַלּ֥וּף	'a.Luf	chief	H441 →
גַּעְתָּ֖ם	ga'.Tam	Gatam	H1609 →
אַלּ֣וּף	'a.Luf	chief	H441 →
עֲמָלֵ֑ק	'a.ma.Lek	Amalek	H6002 →
אֵ֣לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
אַלּוּפֵ֤י	'a.lu.Fei	[were] [the] chiefs of	H441 →
אֱלִיפַז֙	'e.li.Faz	Eliphaz	H464 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
אֱד֔וֹם	'e.Dom	Edom	H123 →
אֵ֖לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[were] [the] sons of	H1121 →
עָדָֽה׃	'a.Dah	Adah	H5711 →

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Exodus 15:15
Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
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 2:9
  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…
- 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.
- Genesis 36:40
  These are the names of Esau’s chiefs, according to their families and regions, by their names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
- 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.

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