King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 1:39 Mean?
“And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister. Homam: or, Hemam”
Context
37
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38
And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
39
And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister. Homam: or, Hemam
40
The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
41
The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. Amram: or, Hemdan
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(39) **And Timna was Lotan’s** **sister.**—This appears to mean that the tribe settled in the town of Timna was akin to the sons of Lotan, but not **a** subdivision of that tribe. Towns are feminine in Hebrew, and are sometimes called *mothers* (2Samuel 20:19), sometimes *daughters.*
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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