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Genesis 36:22

Genesis 36:22
And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And these are the sons of Dishon,.... Not of Dishon the son of Anah, but of Dishon the son of Seir, Gen 36:21; and they are the four following:

Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran; the first…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 36:20-30

In the midst of this genealogy of the Edomites here is inserted the genealogy of the Horites, those Canaanites, or Hittites (compare Gen 26:34), that were the natives of Mount Seir. Mention is made of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Genesis 36:20-30

The Horites the aboriginal inhabitants of the country "the sons of Seir, the Horite," were possibly so called from the word ḥor, "a hole"; cf. 1Sa 13:6; 1Sa 14:11. This derivation has long been…

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