These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
Genesis 36:19 stands in a chapter given wholly to Esau and to the nations that sprang from him. It comes ten or eleven years after Jacob's blessing at Peniel. In the interval came Jacob's meeting with Esau and his peaceful arrival at Shechem, followed by the destruction of Shechem. Then came the family revival when idols were put away and God blessed Jacob and renewed His promises, then the death of Rachel and the birth of Benjamin, then Reuben's sin. Then came the death of Isaac at age 180, when Esau and Jacob likely met for the last time.
At this time Jacob was about 109 years old, Joseph was 17, and Benjamin was a small child of two to four years old.
Genesis 36:19 stands in a chapter given wholly to Esau and to the nations that sprang from him. It comes ten or eleven years after Jacob's blessing at Peniel. In the interval came Jacob's meeting with Esau and his peaceful arrival at Shechem, followed by the destruction of Shechem. Then came the family revival when idols were put away and God blessed Jacob and renewed His promises, then the death of Rachel and the birth of Benjamin, then Reuben's sin. Then came the death of Isaac at age 180, when Esau and Jacob likely met for the last time.
At this time Jacob was about 109 years old, Joseph was 17, and Benjamin was a small child of two to four years old.