Genèse 36:12

12 Et Thimna était la concubine d'Eliphaz, fils d'Esaü: elle enfanta à Eliphaz Amalek. Ce sont là les fils d'Ada, femme d'Esaü.

Genèse 36:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 36:12

And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son
She is said to be the sister of Lotan, the eldest son of Seir the Horite, ( Genesis 36:22 ) ; in ( 1 Chronicles 1:36 ) mention is made of Timna among the sons of Eliphaz, and of Duke Timnah here, ( Genesis 36:40 ) ; and Gerundinsis F25 is of opinion, that Timnah the concubine of Eliphaz, after she had bore Amalek, conceived and bore another son, and she dying in childbirth, he called it by her name to perpetuate her memory: but Jarchi says, that Eliphaz lay with Lotan's mother, the wife of Seir the Horite, of whom was born Timna, and when she grew up she became his concubine, and so was both his daughter and his concubine: and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek;
from whence the Amalekites sprung, often mentioned in Scripture, whom the Israelites were commanded utterly to destroy, ( 1 Samuel 15:18 ) : these [were] the sons of Adah, Esau's wife;
that is, her grandsons.


FOOTNOTES:

F25 Apud Menasseh ben Israel, conciliator in Gen. Quaest. 57. p. 81.

Genèse 36:12 In-Context

10 Voici les noms des fils d'Esaü: Eliphaz, fils d'Ada, femme d'Esaü; Réuel, fils de Basmath, femme d'Esaü.
11 Les fils d'Eliphaz furent: Théman, Omar, Tsepho, Gaetham et Kenaz.
12 Et Thimna était la concubine d'Eliphaz, fils d'Esaü: elle enfanta à Eliphaz Amalek. Ce sont là les fils d'Ada, femme d'Esaü.
13 Voici les fils de Réuel: Nahath, Zérach, Schamma et Mizza. Ce sont là les fils de Basmath, femme d'Esaü.
14 Voici les fils d'Oholibama, fille d'Ana, fille de Tsibeon, femme d'Esaü: elle enfanta à Esaü Jéusch, Jaelam et Koré.
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