Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 36:11
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
11. Teman ] A district in the north of Edom. Cf. Eze 25:13; Amo 1:12; Oba 1:9. Its reputation for “wise men” is alluded to in Jer 49:7; Bar 3:22-23 . Job’s friend Eliphaz is a Temanite, Job 2:11. The Heb. word tmn means “south,” i.e. what is on the right hand, facing east.
Kenaz ] Probably connected with the Kenizzites (Gen 15:19), an Edomite family, which attached itself to the tribe of Judah in southern Palestine.
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And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman,…. This was his firstborn, and from him the city of Teman in Edom or Idumea had its name, see Jer 49:7; and Eliphaz is called the Temanite from hence, Job 2:11; four more sons are mentioned,
Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz; but I do not find that any towns or cities, or any part of the land of Edom, were denominated from any of them; only it may be observed that Zepho is called Zephi in 1Ch 1:36; the account seems fabulous and not to be depended on, which Josephus Ben Gorion w gives of him, of opposing the burial of Jacob, being taken by Joseph and carried into Egypt, and at his death fleeing to Carthage, and from thence to the Romans, and was king of them x.
w Hist. Heb. l. 1. c. 2. vid. Chizzuk Emunab, par. l. c. 6. p. 66. & Nachman apud Buxtorf. Lex. Talmud. col. 31, 32. x Vid. Huls. Theolog. Jud. par. 1. p. 132, &c.
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Gen 36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
Ver. 11. And the sons of Eliphaz. ] See here the fulfilling of God’s predictions and promises, even to an Esau. Will he be wanting to his obedient people?
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Teman. Whence came Eliphaz the Temanite. Job 2:11; Job 15:1.
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Zepho: Gen 36:15, Gen 36:16, 1Ch 1:35, 1Ch 1:36, Zephi
Reciprocal: Gen 36:34 – Temani 1Ch 1:53 – Kenaz Job 2:11 – Temanite Jer 49:7 – Teman Eze 25:13 – Teman Amo 1:12 – Teman Oba 1:9 – O Hab 3:3 – from