Kejadian 36:15-16

36:15 These were the chiefs ¹  among the descendants ²  of Esau, the sons of Eliphaz, Esau’s firstborn: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, 36:16 chief Korah, ³  chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons ⁴  of Adah.

Kejadian 36:1

The Descendants of Esau

36:1 What follows is the account of Esau (also known as Edom). ⁵ 

1 Tawarikh 1:45

1:45 When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him.

Ayub 2:11

The Visit of Job’s Friends ⁶ 

2:11 When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country ⁷  – Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. ⁸  They met together ⁹  to come to show sympathy ¹⁰  for him and to console ¹¹  him.

[36:15]  ¹ tn Or “clan leaders” (so also throughout this chapter).

[36:15]  ² tn Or “sons.”

[36:16]  ³ tc The Samaritan Pentateuch omits the name “Korah” (see v. 11 and 1 Chr 1:36).

[36:16]  ⁴ tn Or “grandsons” (NIV); “descendants” (NEB).

[36:1]  ⁵ sn Chapter 36 records what became of Esau. It will list both his actual descendants as well as the people he subsumed under his tribal leadership, people who were aboriginal Edomites. The chapter is long and complicated (see further J. R. Bartlett, “The Edomite King-List of Genesis 36:31-39 and 1 Chronicles 1:43-50,” JTS 16 [1965]: 301-14; and W. J. Horowitz, “Were There Twelve Horite Tribes?” CBQ 35 [1973]: 69-71). In the format of the Book of Genesis, the line of Esau is “tidied up” before the account of Jacob is traced (37:2). As such the arrangement makes a strong contrast with Jacob. As F. Delitzsch says, “secular greatness in general grows up far more rapidly than spiritual greatness” (New Commentary on Genesis, 2:238). In other words, the progress of the world far out distances the progress of the righteous who are waiting for the promise.

[2:11]  ⁶ sn See N. C. Habel, “‘Only the Jackal is My Friend,’ On Friends and Redeemers in Job,” Int 31 (1977): 227-36.

[2:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “a man from his place”; this is the distributive use, meaning “each man came from his place.”

[2:11]  ⁸ sn Commentators have tried to analyze the meanings of the names of the friends and their locations. Not only has this proven to be difficult (Teman is the only place that is known), it is not necessary for the study of the book. The names are probably not symbolic of the things they say.

[2:11]  ⁹ tn The verb can mean that they “agreed together”; but it also (and more likely) means that they came together at a meeting point to go visit Job together.

[2:11]  ¹⁰ tn The verb “to show grief” is נוּד (nud), and literally signifies “to shake the head.” It may be that his friends came to show the proper sympathy and express the appropriate feelings. They were not ready for what they found.

[2:11]  ¹¹ tn The second infinitive is from נָחָם (nakham, “to comfort, console” in the Piel). This word may be derived from a word with a meaning of sighing deeply.