And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
38 42. The Genealogy of the Horite Inhabitants of Seir (Cp. Gen 36:20-27)
38. The sons of Seir ] Chron. omits the further description given in Gen. “the Horite, the inhabitants of the land,” words which shew clearly that these “sons of Seir” were not descendants of Esau, but aboriginal inhabitants of the land.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The sons of Seir; one of another nation, prince of the Horims; whose genealogy is here described, because of that affinity which was contracted between his and Esaus posterity; and those who were not united and incorporated with them were destroyed by them. See Deu 2:12.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Ver. 38-42. And the sons of Seir,…. This man and his posterity were not of the race of Esau, but are mentioned because they were a family into which Esau, and a son of his, married, and whose possessions he and his obtained. The account from hence, to the end of 1Ch 1:42 is the same with Ge 36:20, with some little variation of names.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(38-42) The sons of Seir (from Gen. 36:20-30).There is no apparent link between this series and the preceding. Comparison of Gen. 36:20 shows that Seir represents the indigenous inhabitants of Edom (the inhabitants of the land, comp. Jos. 7:9) before its conquest by the sons of Esau. In time a fusion of the two races would result, the tribes of each being governed by their own chieftains, as is indicated by Gen. 36:20-21, where the seven sons of Seir (1Ch. 1:38) are called chiliarchs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. Deu. 2:22 implies not the actual extermination of the Horites (Troglodytes or Cave-dwellers) by their Semitic invaders, the sons of Esau, but only their entire subjugation. The differences of spelling noticed in the margin are unimportant as regards the names Zephi (1Ch. 1:36), Homam (1Ch. 1:39), and Alian and Shephi (1Ch. 1:40); the note on Ebal-Obal (1Ch. 1:22) explains them. The written w and y in Hebrew are so similar as to be perpetually confounded with each other by careless copyists. The same fact accounts for the missing conjunction and in 1Ch. 1:42, which is expressed in Hebrew by simply prefixing the letter w to a word. The w in this case having been misread, and transcribed as y, the name Jakan (Yaqan) resulted. The Aqan (not Achan) of Gen. 36:2 is correct. (So some MSS., the LXX., and Arabic.) Amram, in 1Ch. 1:41, is a mistake of the Authorised version. The Hebrew has Hamran, which differs only by one consonant from the Hemdan of Gen. 36:26; a difference due to the common confusion of the Hebrew letters d and r, already exemplified in 1Ch. 1:6-7 (RiphathDiphath, DodanimRodanim). Many MSS. and the Arabic read Hemdan here.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
sons of Seir. Horites dwelling in Seir before the descendants of Esau (Gen 36:20).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
1Ch 1:38-42
1Ch 1:38-42
“And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anath, and Ezer, and Dishan. And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan’s sister. The sons of Shobah Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Ajah, and Anah. The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.”
E.M. Zerr:
1Ch 1:37-42. This paragraph is a list of the members of Esau’s family down to the 2nd or 3rd generation. There is nothing in their history of special interest to us.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
the sons of Seir: Gen 36:20, Gen 36:29, Gen 36:30
Ezar: The variation here is only in the translation. Gen 36:21, Ezer
Reciprocal: Gen 14:6 – Horites Gen 36:27 – Ezer Deu 2:12 – Horims Deu 2:22 – the Horims 1Ch 1:41 – Dishon
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 1:38. The sons of Seir This Seir was not Esau, nor of his posterity, but the ancient lord of this country, from whom it had its name, (see Gen 36:20,) whose genealogy is here set down, that it might be understood from whom Eliphazs concubine and the mother of Amalek sprung; and because of that affinity which was contracted between his and Esaus posterity. Those who were not united and incorporated with them, were destroyed by them, Deu 2:12.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1:38 And the sons of {l} Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
(l) He is also called Seir the Horite, who inhabited mount Seir, Gen 36:20.