Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
The chapter is given wholly to Esau, who is also called Edom, and to the nations and lines of descent that sprang from him. It is taken up almost entirely with tracing those descendants and their divisions.
In the order of the story it stands about ten or eleven years after Jacob's blessing at Peniel. It follows his peaceful meeting with Esau, the destruction of Shechem, and the revival in Jacob's household when idols were put away and God's promises to Jacob were renewed. It comes after the death of Rachel and the birth of Benjamin, after Reuben's sin, and after the death of Isaac. At that time Jacob was about 109 years old, Joseph was 17, Benjamin was a small child two to four years old, and Isaac had died at the age of 180.
The chapter is given wholly to Esau, who is also called Edom, and to the nations and lines of descent that sprang from him. It is taken up almost entirely with tracing those descendants and their divisions.
In the order of the story it stands about ten or eleven years after Jacob's blessing at Peniel. It follows his peaceful meeting with Esau, the destruction of Shechem, and the revival in Jacob's household when idols were put away and God's promises to Jacob were renewed. It comes after the death of Rachel and the birth of Benjamin, after Reuben's sin, and after the death of Isaac. At that time Jacob was about 109 years old, Joseph was 17, Benjamin was a small child two to four years old, and Isaac had died at the age of 180.