May the mumbling commence!
It’s The Name Game – Esau style. Read from Peterson’s The Message:
So this is the family tree
of Esau, ancestor
of the people of
Edom, in the hill country of Seir. The names of Esau’s sons:
Eliphaz, son of Esau’s wife
Adah;
Reuel, son of Esau’s wife
Basemath.
The
sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. (Eliphaz also had a concubine Timna, who
had Amalek.) These were the
grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
And
these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah – grandsons of
Esau’s wife Basemath.
These
are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah,
daughter of Anah the son of Zibeon. She
gave Esau sons Jeush, Jalam, and
Korah.
These
are the chieftains in Esau’s family tree. From
the sons of Eliphaz, Esau’s firstborn, came the chieftains Teman,
Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, Korah, Gatam, and Amalek – the chieftains of Eliphaz in
the land of Edom; all of them sons of Adah.
From the
sons of Esau’s son Reuel came the chieftains Nahath,
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These
are the chieftains of Reuel in the land of Edom; all these were sons of
Esau’s wife Basemath.
These
are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah:
the chieftains Jeush,
Jalam, and Korah – chieftains born of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.
These
are the sons of
Esau, that is, Edom, and these are their chieftains. (Genesis 36:9-19)
Now read the same passage from the NIV translation:
This is the account of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill
country of Seir.
These are the names of Esau's sons:
Eliphaz, the
son of Esau's wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife
Basemath.
The sons of
Eliphaz:
Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.
Esau's
son Eliphaz also had a concubine
named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau's wife Adah.
The sons of
Reuel:
Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of
Esau's wife Basemath.
The sons of
Esau's wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of
Zibeon, whom she
bore to Esau:
Jeush, Jalam and Korah.
These were the
chiefs among Esau's descendants:
The sons of
Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau:
Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, Korah, Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz
in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.
The sons of Esau's son Reuel: Chiefs
Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel
in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau's wife Basemath.
The sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam and
Korah. These were the chiefs descended from
Esau's wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah.
These were
the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs. (Genesis 36:9-19)
Repetition – it happens in the Hebrew Scriptures. The sons and grandsons of Esau had to be
listed not once but twice – once as descendants and once as chiefs or
chieftains. I find that
interesting. It’s important to know that
all of Esau’s descendants were chiefs.
There is also an addition of a grandson of Adah – Korah. Korah is not included in the list of her
grandchildren. Korah is included in the
grandsons of Oholibamah… but that happens in the chieftains list as well. There are two Korah’s in the chieftains.
I also note that there is a switch in the order of the
names from the descendants list and the chieftains list of Adah’s
grandsons. Kenaz and the mysterious Korah
leapfrogged Gatam in the order. I wonder
what story is hidden there!
Tomorrow, we will look at the context of Esau’s life in
Seir. It will be The Seir Name Game!
Enough mumbling for now…
Peace Out
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