12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
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Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; …
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. …
And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. …
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-19)Observe here, 1. That only the names of Esau’s sons and grandsons are recorded, only their names, not their history; for it is the church that Moses preserves the records of, not the record of those that are without. Those elders that lived by faith alone obtained a good report. It is Sion that produces the men of renown, not Seir, Ps. 87:5. Nor does the genealogy go any further than the third and…
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