1 Chronicles 1:38 (BSB)

The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

From 1 Chronicles 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:38

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:28-54: All nations but the seed of Abraham are already shaken off from this genealogy: they have no part nor lot in this matter. The Lord's portion is his people. Of them he keeps an account, knows them by name; but those who are strangers to him he beholds afar off.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 1 Chronicles 1:38: And the sons of Seir,.... This man and his posterity were not of the race of Esau, but are mentioned because they were a family into which Esau, and a son of his, married, and whose possessions he and his obtained. The account from hence, to the end of Ch1 1:42 is the same with Gen 36:20, with some little variation of names. 1 Chronicles 1:43
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 1:38: And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. (l) He is also called Seir the Horite, who inhabited mount Seir, .
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on 1 Chronicles 1:38-42: 1Ch 1:38-42 When Esau with his descendants had settled in Mount Seir, they subdued by degrees the aboriginal inhabitants of the land, and became fused with them into one people. For this reason, in Gen 36:20-30 the tribal princes of the Seirite inhabitants of the land are noticed; and in our chapter also, 1Ch 1:38, the names of these seven שׂעיר בּני, and in 1Ch...