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What Does Genesis 36:25 Mean?

And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

Context

23

And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. Alvan: or, Alian Shepho: or, Shephi

24

And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

25

And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

26

And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. Hemdan: or, Amram

27

The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. Akan: or, Jakan

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
Ge 35:16-27. Birth of Benjamin--Death of Rachel, &c. **16. And they journeyed from Beth-el--**There can be no doubt that much enjoyment was experienced at Beth-el, and that in the religious observances solemnized, as well as in the vivid recollections of the glorious vision seen there, the affections of the patriarch were powerfully animated and that he left the place a better and more devoted servant of God. When the solemnities were over, Jacob, with his family, pursued a route directly southward, and they reached Ephrath, when they were plunged into mourning by the death of Rachel, who sank in childbirth, leaving a posthumous son [Ge 35:18]. A very affecting death, considering how ardently the mind of Rachel had been set on offspring (compare Ge 30:1).

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

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