Genesis 36:38

38 cumque et hic obisset successit in regnum Baalanam filius Achobor

Genesis 36:38 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 36:38

And Saul died
About A. M. 2325;

and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead:
whose name, inverted, is observed by Grotius to be the same with Hannibal; it signifies a gracious lord or king.

Genesis 36:38 In-Context

36 cumque mortuus esset Adad regnavit pro eo Semla de Maserecha

37 hoc quoque mortuo regnavit pro eo Saul de fluvio Rooboth

38 cumque et hic obisset successit in regnum Baalanam filius Achobor

39 isto quoque mortuo regnavit pro eo Adad nomenque urbis eius Phau et appellabatur uxor illius Meezabel filia Matred filiae Mizaab

40 haec ergo nomina Esau in cognationibus et locis et vocabulis suis dux Thamna dux Alva dux Ietheth