Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 36:1

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 36:1 - 36:1

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 36:1 - 36:1

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36:1 - 36:1
36:2 - 36:2
36:6 - 36:6
36:8 - 36:8
36:15 - 36:15
36:20 - 36:20
36:24 - 36:24
36:31 - 36:31
36:40 - 36:40

Gen 36:1-43. Posterity of Esau.

these are the generations - history of the leading men and events (compare Gen 2:4).

Esau who is Edom - A name applied to him in reference to the peculiar color of his skin at birth [Gen 25:25], rendered more significant by his inordinate craving for the red pottage [Gen 25:30], and also by the fierce sanguinary character of his descendants (compare Eze 25:12; Oba 1:10).