V.
Reuben’s
transgression, the sons of Jacob
a.
Genesis
35:21 – And Israel tower of Edar
1. Israel
2. Edar
– מגדל–עדר Migdal-`Eder , "tower
of the flock"
3.
What is the tower of Edar Bethlehem
b.
Genesis
35:22 – And it came to pass,
when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his
father's concubine: and Israel heard [it]. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
1.
Reuben was the
firstborn of Jacob from Leah. Bilhah was the handmaid to Rachel who was the
mother of Dan and Naphtali.
§
Probably didn’t
go over to well with Dan and Naphtali
§
Bilhah being
Rachel’s handmaid. Did Rachel’s death
have anything to do with her decision to sleep with Reuben? Was her mental
state compromised? Did she have too much time on her hands now?
2.
1
Chronicles 5:1-2 – Now the sons
of Reuben the firstborn of Israel Israel Judah
3.
Why does the
passage flip from Israel Israel
§
Israel
4.
Why would the
birthright pass to Joseph rather than Simeon the next in line? Joseph was a firstborn of Rachel the second
yet preferred wife of Jacob, it seems natural that the birthright would pass to
him rather than Simeon who was not a first born, or the firstborn of either of
the handmaids.
§
Luke 2:23 – (As
it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be
called holy to the Lord;)
§
Exodus
13:2 – Sanctify unto me all the firstborn,
whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel
§
Numbers 18:15 –
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the
LORD, [whether it be] of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the
firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts
shalt thou redeem.
c.
Genesis
35:23 – The sons of Leah;
Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and
Zebulun:
1.
We see the sons
of Jacob given in order of wives, then handmaids. Leah being the first wife because she was the
first wife to give birth
2.
Likewise, Bilhah
is the first handmaid, because she was the first handmaid to give birth
3.
We have no
geneology of Bilhah or Zilpah
d.
Genesis
35:24 – The sons of Rachel;
Joseph, and Benjamin:
1.
We can see here
that Rachel’s sons are listed 2nd , but Joseph has now been given
the birthright.
2.
We will see in
Chapter 48 & 49 when Jacob blesses his sons that Joseph receives a double
portion and is given the name Israel
e.
Genesis
35:25 – And the sons of
Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
f.
Genesis
35:26 – And the sons of
Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these [are] the sons of Jacob, which
were born to him in Padanaram.
g.
Genesis
35:27 – And Jacob came unto
Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah Hebron
1.
Mamre - ממרא Mamre',
"strength" or "fatness"
2.
Arbah - קרית
ארבע Qiryath `Arba`, Later
became Hebron
3.
Hebron - חברון Chebrown,
"association", a city in south Judah approx 20 south of Jerusalem
and approx 20 miles (30 km) north of Beersheba and near where Abraham built an
altar
4.
Rebekah’s absence
indicates that she has died
5.
We see how the
main character is transferred from son to son.
As soon as Isaac is married, Abraham’s prominence diminishes. The same happens to Isaac with Jacob’s
marriage. Later we see Jacob’s role
minimized as Joseph becomes more prominent.
6.
Just because
these patriarchs are not mentioned prominently does not mean that they were not
in fellowship with each other.
§
Hebrews
11:9 - By faith Abraham, when
he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an
inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise,
as [in] a strange country, dwelling in
tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same
promise:
§
Abraham died when
Isaac was 75 and Jacob was 15 years old
h.
Genesis
35:28 – And the days of Isaac
were an hundred and fourscore years.
1.
180 years old,
more evidence Genesis 6:2 did not refer to the maximum lifespan of a man
2.
The 180 years of
Isaac places his death outside of the context of this chapter, why is it
included here?
§
3rd
death in the chapter (Deborah, Rachel, Isaac)
§
Jacob’s 180 years
places him dying when Joseph is in Egypt
i.
Genesis
35:29 – And Isaac gave up the
ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, [being] old and full of
days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
1.
Esau and Jacob
came together to bury their father
2.
“Gathered unto
his people” speaking of the body, buried with Abraham, Sarah, Rebekah (and will
include Leah).
§
These five names
form the acrostic that spells out the name Israel
§
Genesis
49:31 - There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah
his wife; and there I buried Leah.
3.
Ecclesiastes
12:7 – Then shall the dust
return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave
it.
Chapter 36
I.
The generations of Esau ,
Edom
a.
Genesis
36:1 – Now these [are] the
generations of Esau, who [is] Edom
1.
אדם 'Edom
2.
A constant
reminder that he traded his birthright for a bowl of red pottage
b.
Genesis
36:2 – Esau took his wives of
the daughters of Canaan ; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and
Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
1.
Genesis
26:34 - And Esau was forty
years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and
Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
§
Why the different
names here?
§
Apparantly, just
as God changed some of the names of His patriarchs, aliases were used by other
cultures.
-
Judith
(“praised”) à Aholibamach (“tent of the high place”)
i. Beeri (“my well”) à Anah (“answer”)
-
Bashemath
(“spice”) à Adah (“ornament”)
2.
Adah – עדה
`Adah, "ornament"
§
Elon – אילון
'Eylown, "terebinth, mighty"
-
Hittite - חתי
Chittiy, the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan ;
once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey Lebanon
3.
Aholibamah – אהליבמה
'Oholiybamah, "tent of the high place"
§
Anah – ענה
`Anah, "answer"
-
Anah is actually
a son of Zibeon, text should read daughter of Anah and daughter of Zibeon,
there is no term for grand daughter in the Hebrew language so it would be more
correct to say daughter of Anah and grand daughter of Zibeon
§
Zibeon – צבעון
Tsib`own, "coloured"
-
Hivite - חוי
Chivviy, "villagers", 6th generation of descendants of Canaan ,
the son of Ham
-
Recall that the
Hamor (Shechem’s father) was a Hivite
c.
Genesis
36:3 – And Bashemath
Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
1.
Bashemath - בשמת
Bosmath, "spice"
2.
Nebajoth - נביות
Nĕbayowth, "heights"
d.
Genesis
36:4 – And Adah bare to Esau
Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
1.
Eliphaz – אליפז
'Eliyphaz, "my God is (fine) gold"
2.
Reuel - רעואל
R`uw'el, "friend of God"
e.
Genesis
36:5 – And Aholibamah bare
Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these [are] the sons of Esau, which were born
unto him in the land of Canaan
1.
Jeush – יעיש
Y`iysh, "assembler"
2.
Jaalam – יעלם
Ya`lam, "concealed"
3.
Korah - קרח Qorach, "bald"
f.
Genesis
36:6 – And Esau took his
wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and
his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan
1.
Note: Esau’s sons
were born in Canaan and left, Jacob’s sons were born out of Canaan
and came into it.
g.
Genesis
36:7 – For their riches were
more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were
strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
h. Genesis 36:8 – Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir Edom
1. South east of the Dead Sea
II.
The generations of Esau in Mount
Seir
a.
Genesis
36:9 – And these [are] the
generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir
b.
Genesis
36:10 – These [are] the names
of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of
Bashemath the wife of Esau.
c.
Genesis
36:11 – And the sons of
Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
1.
Teman – תימן
Teyman, "south"
§
Job 2:11 - Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil
that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad
the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together
to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
§
Eliphaz was an
Edomite
2.
Omar – אומר
'Owmar, "speaker" or "eloquent"
3.
Zepho – צפו
Tsĕphow, "watch-tower"
4.
Gatam – געתם
Ga`tam, "a burnt valley"
5.
Kenaz - קנז
Qĕnaz, "hunter"
d.
Genesis
36:12 – And Timna was concubine
to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these [were] the sons of
Adah Esau's wife.
1.
Timna – תמנע
Timna`, "restrained", daughter of Seir the Horite and sister
of Lotan (see verse 22)
2.
Amalek - עמלק
`Amaleq, "dweller in a valley",
§
Proginator of the
Amalekites who were one of the chief foes of Israel
-
Exodus 17:14 - And
the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in a book, and rehearse
[it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of
Amalek from under heaven.
-
Numbers
24:20 - And when he looked on
Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the first of the
nations; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish for ever.
-
Deuteronomy
25:19 - Therefore it shall
be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round
about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to
possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under
heaven; thou shalt not forget [it].
-
1 Samuel
15:1-3 - Samuel also said
unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee [to be] king over his people, over Israel Israel Egypt
i. Amalekites were the source of Saul’s disobedience
e.
Genesis
36:13 – And these [are] the
sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of
Bashemath Esau's wife.
1.
Nahath – נחת
Nachath, "rest"
2.
Zerah – זרח
Zerach, "rising"
3.
Shammah – שמה
Shammah, "astonishment"
4.
Mizzah – מזה
Mizzah, "fear"
f.
Genesis
36:14 – And these were the
sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife:
and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah
g.
Genesis
36:15 – These [were] dukes of
the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn [son] of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke
Zepho, duke Kenaz,
h.
Genesis
36:16 – Duke Korah, duke
Gatam, [and] duke Amalek:
these [are] the dukes [that came] of Eliphaz in the land of Edom
i.
Genesis
36:17 – And these [are] the
sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath,
duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these [are] the
dukes [that came] of Reuel in the land of Edom; these [are] the sons of
Bashemath Esau's wife.
j.
Genesis
36:18 – And these [are] the
sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke
Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these [were] the
dukes [that came] of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
k.
Genesis
36:19 – These [are] the sons
of Esau, who [is] Edom
1.
Note there are 14
dukes, but Korah is named is listed twice, once asa son of Eliphaz and once as
a son of Aholibamah so there are only 13 dukes.
2.
Korah was not
mentioned above as a son of Eliphaz.
3.
So were there are
13 dukes or chieftans? According to Bullinger’s Appendix 10 to the Companion
Bible, the number 13 denotes rebellion, apostacy, defection, disintegration and
revolution.
l.
Genesis
36:20 – These [are] the sons
of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and
Anah,
1.
Seir - שעיר
Se`iyr, "hairy" or "shaggy"
§
Horites - חרי
Choriy, "cave dweller"
§
Deuteronomy
2:10-12 - The Emims dwelt
therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; Which
also were accounted giants (רפאים rapha'), as the Anakims; but
the Moabites call them Emims. The Horims
also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when
they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel
§
According to
Bullinger, the Horites were descended from the Nephilim hybrids.
2.
Lotan - לוטן
Lowtan, "covering"
3.
Shobal - שובל
Showbal, "flowing"
4.
Zibeon – Esau’s
father-in-law’s father who is said above to be a Hivite
5.
Anah – Esau’s
father-in-law’s uncle (by the same name)
m.
Genesis
36:21 – And Dishon, and Ezer,
and Dishan: these [are] the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom
1.
Dishon - דישון
Diyshown, "thresher"
2.
Ezer - אצר
'Etser, "treasure"
3.
Dishan - דישן Diyshan, "thresher"
n.
Genesis
36:22 – And the children of
Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister [was] Timna.
1.
Hori - חרי
Choriy, "cave dweller"
2.
Hemam - הימם
Heymam, "exterminating"
3.
Timna was the
concubine to Esau’s son Eliphaz who bore him Amalek.
o.
Genesis
36:23 – And the children of
Shobal [were] these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
1.
Alvan - עלון
`Alvan, "tall"
2.
Manahath - מנחת
Manachath, "rest"
3.
Ebal - עיבל
`Eybal, "stone" or "bare mountain"
4.
Shepho - שפו
Shĕphow, "bold"
5.
Onam - אונם
'Ownam, "vigorous"
p.
Genesis
36:24 – And these [are] the
children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this [was that] Anah that found the
mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
1.
Ajah - איה
'Ayah, "falcon"
2.
Anah - ענה
`Anah, "answer"
§
Rather than “mules”
it seems more likely to be “hot springs
q.
Genesis
36:25 – And the children of
Anah [were] these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
r.
Genesis
36:26 – And these [are] the
children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
1.
Hemdan - חמדן
Chemdan, "desire"
2.
Eshban - אשבן
'Eshban, "fire of discernment"
3.
Ithran - יתרן
Yithran, "advantage"
4.
Cheran - כרן
Kĕran, "lyre"
s.
Genesis
36:27 – The children of Ezer
[are] these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
1.
Bilhan - בלהן
Bilhan, "their decrepitude"
2.
Zaavan - זעון
Za`avan, "troubled"
3.
Akan - עקן
`Aqan, "sharp-sighted"
t.
Genesis
36:28 – The children of
Dishan [are] these; Uz, and Aran.
1.
Uz - עוץ `Uwts,
"wooded"
2.
Aran - ארן
'Aran, "joyous"
u.
Genesis
36:29 – These [are] the dukes
[that came] of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
v.
Genesis
36:30 – Duke Dishon, duke
Ezer, duke Dishan: these [are] the dukes [that came] of Hori, among their dukes
in the land of Seir
w.
Genesis
36:31 – And these [are] the
kings that reigned in the land of Edom Israel
1.
Israel
x.
Genesis
36:32 – And Bela the son of
Beor reigned in Edom
1.
Dinhabah - דנהבה
Dinhabah, "give thou judgement"
y.
Genesis
36:33 – And Bela died, and
Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
z.
Genesis
36:34 – And Jobab died, and
Husham of the land of Temani
aa.
Genesis
36:35 – And Husham died, and
Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab
1.
Midians descended
from Abraham and Keturah
bb.
Genesis
36:36 – And Hadad died, and
Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
cc.
Genesis
36:37 – And Samlah died, and
Saul of Rehoboth [by] the river reigned in his stead.
dd.
Genesis
36:38 – And Saul died, and
Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
ee.
Genesis
36:39 – And Baalhanan the son
of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city [was] Pau
ff.
Genesis
36:40 – And these [are] the
names of the dukes [that came] of Esau, according to their families, after
their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
gg.
Genesis
36:41 – Duke Aholibamah, duke
Elah, duke Pinon,
hh.
Genesis
36:42 – Duke Kenaz, duke
Teman, duke Mibzar,
ii.
Genesis
36:43 – Duke Magdiel, duke
Iram: these [be] the dukes of Edom
1.
Here we have 11
dukes listed, 11 denotes disorder and disorganization
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