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Gill's Exposition
And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom,.... His name was not Balac, as the Septuagint version, which may lead to think of Balak king of Moab; nor is this the same with Balaam, the son of Beor, who…
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…
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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