3 Ppinthe wilderneſs, as he fed the aſles of Zibeon his $%p;;, father. by "0 p So moſt underſtand the word Jemim, which is no where elſe 1: 4=: Uſed, and give this ſenſe of it. Thar he found out the way of the * Levit: | Generation of Mules by the Copulation of an Horſe and a Mare, © 19: 19: Others render it waters, that he found out ſome ſprings of water, which in thoſe hot Countries were rare and precious; or hot waters, ſome hot and medicinal ſprings. But the Chaldee renders it Giants, and the Samaritan Verſion Emims, a ſort of Giants mentioned Deur. 2: 10, 11: who alſo were Neighbours to the Horites here ſpoken of, as appears from Gen: 14: 5, 6: and therefore might, according to the manner of thoſe times, make inroads one upon another. So Jemim- 1s put for Emim, either by an Apocope of the firſt letter, or by the change of the Hebrew Letter Jod into Aeph, both which are frequenr among the Hebrews. And the ſenſe 1s, that 4nah the Horite found out the Emims, that is, he met with them, or came upon them ſuddenly, and ſmote them. In this ſenſe the word finding is oft uſed, as Juaz: I: 5: 1 Sam: 31:3: Pſal. 21: 8: Iſa: 10: 10.
25 And the children q of Anah were theſe ; Dinoſh, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
9 Heb. Sons, though but one'Son be mentioned. Either then he had other Sons not here expreſſed : Or the plural number is pur for the ſingular, as Gen. 21. 7. :
+ Or 26 And theſe are the children of Diſhonz THemdag, | Aram, and Eſbban, and Ithran, and Cheran. x Chron: 27 The children of Ezer are theſe : Bilhan, and £4": Zaavan, and * Akan. boa 28 Thechildren of Diſhan are theſe: Uz, and Aran, 7 Chron: 29 Theſe are the Dukes zthat came of the Horites : : Duke Lotan, Duke Shobal, Duke Zibeon, Duke Anab,
30 Duke Diſhon, Duke Ezer, Duke Difſban : theſe ore the Dukes that came of Hori, among their Dukes r in the land of Seir.
# Among other Dukes vwrhich were in that Countrey. Or, according zo their Dukedoms or Principalities : The word Duke being here pur for Dakezem, as the word King is put for Kingdom, Iſaiah 23: 15: Daniel
L 7: T7. | *; Chron: 31 And * theſe are the kings that reigned in the land þ 2:43:
of Edom s, before there reigned apy king over the
children of Ifrael z.
s He ſpeaks of the poſterity of Eſau, who after they had ſubdued the Horjtes, erefted a Kingdom there. # Here Prophane Woirs tri- umph. How ſay they, could Moſes write this, when as yet there was no King inJſrael ? Anſw. 1. The word may be taken for any chief
Governor, in which ſenſe the Title of King is given to Moſes, Deut: 33: 5: and to the Judges, Judg: 17: 6: and to others who were not
- Kings, properly ſo called, Pſal: 119: 46: Zuke 22: 25: Arg: 15, Of. Anſw. 2. Moſes might well ſay thus, becauſe he did by the Spirit of Prophecy foreſee, and therefore could foretell that the 7ſrazlites would have a King, as appears from Deut: 17: 14, 15+ Anſw. 3. This, with other Clauſes of the ſame nature, might be inſerted afterwards by ſome Holy and Inſpired Man of God, as it is confeſſed that part
- of the laſt Chapter of Deuteronomy was.
' 22 And Bela the ſon of Beor reigned in Edom, and
the name of his city « was Dinhabah. _
# Where he was bornor dwelt, and ſo in the reſt. The diverſity of their Ciries makes it probable,that theſe Kings had not their power by ſucceſſion, but either by ele&ion, or by uſurpation, according to Tſaar's Prophecy of them, Gen: 27: 40. By thy ſword thou ſbalt live,
33 And Bela died, and Jobab the ſon of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his ftead. 24 And Jobab died, and Huſham of the land of
Temani x reignedin his ſtead.
x Of which Land ſee Jer: 49: 7, 20: ſo called either from the City Teman, or from Teman the ſon of Elphaz, Verſe 11. Or, of the ſouth Corntrey, as the ancient Tranſlations render it.
25 And Huſham died, and Hadad the ſon of Bedad ( who ſmote Midian in the field of Moab) reigned in his ftead : and the name of his city was Avith.
26 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Maſrekah reigned in his ftead.
27 And Samiah died, and Saul of Rehoboth, #4 the river reigned in his ftcad,
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y Either Euphrates, or a Branch of if, Ealſed Chabras, by which a there is even at this day a City called Rahabath-Melic, i. e. Kings, : Rahabath, as the Learned obſerve-: Or ſome other River of Note in -Y thoſe Times and Parts. pos :
28 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan theſon of Achbor reigned in his ſtead.
29 And Baal-hanan the ſon of Achbor died, and + Hadar reigned in his fiead : and the name of his city + Or, 2as * Pau, and his wife's name as Mehetabel, the H-d-d. daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab z. . _ _
z Either Matred was the Father and Mezahab the Mother ; or Matred 50! was the Mother, and Mezahab the Grandmother. : |
40 And theſe are the names of * the Dukes Þ that *, Chron. came of Eſau, according to their families, after their 1: 51: places, by their names : Duke Timnah, Duke * Alyah, * or, Duke Jetheth. Aliahs
+ Of their Perſons, and Generations, and Families. The ſtate of Erom between the times of Eſau and Moſes ſeems to have been this ;
There were firſt Dukes, then Kings, and after them Dukes again.
Bur if it be obje&eJ, that the time was too ſhort for a ſucceſſion of ſo many perſons, it may be replied, that what is confeſled concerning the Dukes preceding the Kings, might be true alſo of theſe ſucceeding Dukes, and that the Edomites either having taken ſome diſtaſte at Kingly Government, or differing about the choice of a new King, divided themſelves again into ſeveral petty Principaliries or Duke- doms ; and ſo ſeveral of thoſe were Dukes at the ſame time indivers
arts. ; 41 Duke Aholibamah, Duke Elah, Duke Pinon, 42 Duke Kenaz, Duke Teman, Duke Mibzar, t 43 Duke Magdiel, Duke Iram. Theſe be the Dukes of Edom, according to their habitations, intheland of their poileffion. : he is Eſau the father of F the Edomites,