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.
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Interpretation
This verse continues the thought already in view and fits the wider themes of creation and fall in Genesis.
Glossary
- Aholibamah Person
- Tent of the height, the name given to Judith, the daughter of Beeri = Anah ( Gen. 26:34 ; 36:2 ), when she became the wife of Esau.
- Zibeon Person
- Robber; or dyed. (1. ) A Hivite ( Gen. 36:2 ). (2. ) A Horite, and son of Seir ( Gen. 36:20 ).
- Jeush Person
- Assembler. (1. ) The oldest of Esau’s three sons by Aholibamah ( Gen. 36:5 , 14, 18). (2. ) A son of Bilhan, grandson of Benjamin ( 1 Chr. 7:10 ). (3. ) A Levite, one of the sons of Shimei ( 1 Chr. 23:10 , 11).
- Korah Person
- Ice, hail. (1. ) The third son of Esau, by Aholibamah ( Gen. 36:14 ; 1 Chr. 1:35 ). (2. ) A Levite, the son of Izhar, the brother of Amram, the father of Moses and Aaron ( Ex. 6:21 ).