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Genesis 36:43 KJV
Genesis · chapter 36 · verse 43
Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.Genesis 36:43 · King James Version
Genesis 36:43 in context
41Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
43Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- habitationsmôwshâba seatH4186 →
- possessionʼăchuzzâhsomething seizedH272 →
- MagdielMagdîyʼêlMagdiel, an IdumaeanH4025 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- DukeʼallûwphfamiliarH441 →
- IramʻÎyrâmIram, an IdumaeanH5902 →
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By degrees, it seems, the Edomites wormed out the Horites, obtained full possession of the country, and had a government of their own. 1. They were ruled by kings, who governed the whole country, and seem to have come to the throne by election, and not by lineal descent; so bishop Patrick observes.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 31-43