Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 36:40

Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 36:40 - 36:40

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 36:40 - 36:40

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

36:1 - 36:1
36:2 - 36:2
36:6 - 36:6
36:12 - 36:12
36:15 - 36:15
36:16 - 36:16
36:20 - 36:20
36:21 - 36:21
36:24 - 36:24
36:31 - 36:31
36:33 - 36:33
36:35 - 36:35
36:40 - 36:40
36:43 - 36:43

These are the names of the dukes that came of Esau - These dukes did not govern the whole nation of the Idumeans, but they were chiefs in their respective families, in their places - the districts they governed, and to which they gave their names. Calmet thinks that those mentioned above were dukes in Edom or Idumea at the time of the exodus of Israel from Egypt.