Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 36

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36»-42 IO XI I2 :6 18 20 2X 22 which he had acquired in the land of Canau, and left the land from the face of his brother jacob, for their posses- sions were too great to remain together, for the land was not able to lodge the both of them, because of . their herds. So Esau remained in Mount Seir. (Esau is Ed0m.··——Esau was the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir.) These are the names of the sons of Edom: Ailifaz the sen of Ada, the wife of

Esau; Rauel the son of Bashmath wife of Esau; And these are the sons of Ailifaz;

Omar, '1`zifo, and Nathan, and Kenez ; and Thimna was secondary wife to Ailifaz, the son of Esau, and she bore to Ailifaz Amalek ;——~these are the sons of Ada the wife of Esau. And these are the sons of Rauel;

Nahath, and Zarath, Shama, and Mizah; these were the sons of Bashmath, wife of Esau. And these are the sons of Ahli·

bamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Tzibaon, wife of Esau, which she bore to Esau :—·-jaish; and jalam; and Korah. These were the chiefs from the

sons of Esau and of the sons of Ailifaz, the eldest of Esau: Chief»'I`hamar ; Chief Omar; Chief

Tzifo; Chief Kenez; Chief Korah; Chief Nathan; Chief Amalek: These were the Chieftains of Ailifaz, in the land of Edom. They were the sons of Ada. Andthese were the sons of Rauel, the son of Esau: Chief Nahath; Chief Zerah; Chief

Shama; Chief Mizah;·-—’I`hese were Chieftains of Rauel in the land of Edom. They were sons of Bashmath the wife of Esau. These -were sons of Esau, and were Chieftains in the land of Edcm. These are the sous of Seir (the

Horites who inhabited the country) Lotan and Shubal, and Zilaon, and Anah; and Dishon and Azar, and Dishan. These were Chieftains of the Horites sons of Seir, in the land of Edom. And these were the sons of Lotan,

Heri and Himam; and the sister of Lotan was Thimna. And these are the sonsofShoba1 ; Alwan, and Manahath, and Aibal, Shefa. and Annam Aiah and Anah (he is the Anah who discovered mules in the desert while attending the asses of Zebaun his father). These are the children of Anah;°25 Dishon, and Ahlibama, daughter of Anah. And these are the sons of Dishon ; Hamedan; and Ashban, and Ithran and Keran. These are the sons of Azan, Bilk~ han, and Zavan, and Akan; These are the sons of Dishan, Aur, and Aran. These are the Chiefs ofthe Horites: Chief Lotan; Chief Shubal; Chief

Zibaon; Chief Anah; Chief Dishon; Chief Azer; Chief Dishan ;—'l`hese were Chiefs of the Horites, as Chief- tains in the land of Seir. And these are the names of the

Chieftains of Esau by their families, with their Tribal names. Chief Thimnah; Chief Alva; Chief Ithath.; Chief Alibamah; Chief Alah; Chief Pinan; Chief Kana ; Chief Theman; Chief Mibzar; Chief Magdiel; Chief 26 28

I No·rs.—·~'l‘l1e verses Ch. xxxvi., 3r—~3g,are

not a part of the text of Moses, but zu note of an ancient editor. From internal evidence Professor the Rev. A.`H. Sayce, 1).D., of Oxford, suggests to me that this none was made after Davids conquest of Edom, and not by. Ezra. The number of Kings named show ten generations of Monarchy, which came after the Tribal Government under Chiefs, and as the Kings were clearly elec~ tive, the certainty of long wars between each election would extend the time too much for, the Tribal Gommoriwealth» and the succeeding Monarchical period to be con- tained in the epoch between the death of Esau and the conquests of Moses east of the river Iordan, during which he wrote Genesis. `* And these are.the‘kings which reigned 31 in the land ofEdom (before a king reigned over the sons of Israel). There reigned in; 32 Edom Bela, the son of Baur, and the name of his city was Dinahba. And Bela died 33 and jobab the son of Zerakh reigned instead of him in Bozrah. And jobab 34 died and Hasham reneinstead of hi _¥d m from the land of the himani. And when 35 Hasham died, Hadad the son of Bedad reined instead of him, in Makah — of gMi ian, in the. land of Moab,_and the name of his city was Avith. And Hadad 36 died, and Shamlah, from Masrakah, reigned instead 4.ofA him. A And when 37 Shamlab died, Shaul from Rakoboth on the river reigned in his stead. And Shaul died, and Bal the Mercyful, the son of Akkor, reiied instead of him. _ And Bal ggthe Mercy l, the son of Akkor died, and Hader reigned in his stead, and the name of his city was Pau, and the naipe of his

* ' r . _ I wife Mahitabel, the daughter of Matrod And these are the sons of Zibaon ,— · the dauht0, Mimhab..___FIn ’ ger __ 39