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7 Jan 2019 Monday
genesis 21:8-23:20;genesis 11:32;genesis 24:1-67
Gen 19:18
18 “Oh no, my lord!” Lot begged. 19 “You
have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great
kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me
there, and I would soon die. 20 See, there is a small
village nearby. Please let me go there instead; don’t you see how small it
is? Then my life will be saved.”
21 “All right,” the angel said, “I
will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village. 22 But
hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This
explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”)
Gen 20
Abraham’s Covenant with Abimelech
22 About this time, Abimelech came
with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. “God is obviously with
you, helping you in everything you do,” Abimelech said. 23 “Swear
to me in God’s name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my
descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to
me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner.”
24 Abraham replied, “Yes, I swear to
it!” 25 Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well
that Abimelech’s servants had taken by force from Abraham’s servants.
26 “This is the first I’ve heard of
it,” Abimelech answered. “I have no idea who is responsible. You have never
complained about this before.”
27 Abraham then gave some of his
sheep, goats, and cattle to Abimelech, and they made a treaty. 28 But
Abraham also took seven additional female lambs and set them off by
themselves. 29 Abimelech asked, “Why have you set these
seven apart from the others?”
30 Abraham replied, “Please accept
these seven lambs to show your agreement that I dug this well.” 31 Then
he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that
was where they had sworn the oath.
32 After making their covenant at
Beersheba, Abimelech left with Phicol, the commander of his army, and they
returned home to the land of the Philistines. 33 Then
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he worshiped
the Lord, the Eternal God.[c] 34 And
Abraham lived as a foreigner in Philistine country for a long time.
Gen 22
3 Then Abraham looked up and saw a
ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as
a burnt offering in place of his son. 14 Abraham named the
place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the Lord will provide”). To this
day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of
the Lord it will be provided.”
Gen 23
16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s
price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed
according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the
transaction.
17 So Abraham bought the plot of land
belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This included the field itself,
the cave that was in it, and all the surrounding trees. 18 It
was transferred to Abraham as his permanent possession in the presence of the
Hittite elders at the city gate. 19 Then Abraham buried his
wife, Sarah, there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre (also
called Hebron). 20 So the field and the cave were
transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.
Comment :-
The field, at 400 shekels,
then sold for the equivalent of USD$128,000.
Gen 24
55 “But
we want Rebekah to stay with us at least ten days,” her brother and mother
said. “Then she can go.”9 56 But he said, “Don’t delay me.
The Lord has made my mission successful; now send me back so I can
return to my master.”
57 “Well,”
they said, “we’ll call Rebekah and ask her what she thinks.”58 So
they called Rebekah. “Are you willing to go with this man?” they asked her.
And she replied, “Yes, I will go.”
59 So
they said good-bye to Rebekah and sent her away with Abraham’s servant and
his men. The woman who had been Rebekah’s childhood nurse went along with
her. 60 They gave her this blessing as she parted:
“Our sister, may you
become
the mother of many millions! May your descendants be strong and conquer the cities of their enemies.”
61 Then Rebekah and her servant
girls mounted the camels and followed the man. So Abraham’s servant took
Rebekah and went on his way.
62 Meanwhile,
Isaac, whose home was in the Negev, had returned from Beer-lahai-roi. 63 One
evening as he was walking and meditating in the fields, he looked up and saw
the camels coming. 64 When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac,
she quickly dismounted from her camel.65 “Who is that man walking
through the fields to meet us?” she asked the servant.
And he replied, “It is my master.” So Rebekah
covered her face with her veil. 66 Then the servant told
Isaac everything he had done.
67 And
Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah’s tent, and she became his wife.
He loved her deeply, and she was a special comfort to him after the death of
his mother.
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8 Jan 2019 Tuesday
genesis 25:1-4;1chronicles 1:32-33;genesis 25:5-6;genesis
25:12-18;1chronicles 1:28-31;1chronicles 1:34;genesis 25:19-26;genesis
25:7-11
Gen 25
25 Abraham
married another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She gave
birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.3 Jokshan
was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s descendants were the Asshurites,
Letushites, and Leummites. 4 Midian’s sons were Ephah,
Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. These were all descendants of Abraham
through Keturah.
Genesis 25:19-26 New
Living Translation (NLT)
The Births of Esau and Jacob
19 This
is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham. 20 When
Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the
Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
21 Isaac
pleaded with the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable
to have children. The Lord answered Isaac’s prayer, and Rebekah
became pregnant with twins. 22 But the two children
struggled with each other in her womb. So she went to ask
the Lord about it. “Why is this happening to me?” she asked.
23 And
the Lord told her, “The sons in your womb will become two nations.
From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be
stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son.”
24 And
when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have
twins! 25 The first one was very red at birth and covered
with thick hair like a fur coat. So they named him Esau.[a] 26 Then
the other twin was born with his hand grasping Esau’s heel. So they named him
Jacob.[b] Isaac was sixty
years old when the twins were born.
Genesis
25:7-11 New Living Translation (NLT)
7 Abraham
lived for 175 years, 8 and he died at a ripe old age, having
lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his
ancestors in death. 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him
in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the
Hittite. 10 This was the field Abraham had purchased from
the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah. 11 After
Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer-lahai-roi
in the Negev.
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9 Jan 2019 Wed
genesis 25:27-28:5
Gen 26
Isaac’s Covenant with Abimelech
26 One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his adviser,
Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander. 27 “Why have you come here?” Isaac asked.
“You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land.”
28 They replied, “We can plainly see that the Lord is
with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let’s make a
covenant.29 Swear that you will not harm us, just as
we have never troubled you. We have always treated you well, and we sent you
away from us in peace. And now look how the Lord has
blessed you!”
30 So Isaac prepared a covenant feast to celebrate the treaty, and
they ate and drank together. 31 Early
the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to interfere with each
other. Then Isaac sent them home again, and they left him in peace.
32 That very day Isaac’s servants came and told him about a new
well they had dug. “We’ve found water!” they exclaimed. 33 So Isaac named the well Shibah (which
means “oath”). And to this day the town that grew up there is called
Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”).
34 At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the
daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. 35 But Esau’s wives made life miserable for
Isaac and Rebekah.
Gen 27
38 Esau pleaded, “But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father,
bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down and wept.
39 Finally, his father, Isaac, said to him,
“You will live away from the richness of
the earth,
and away from the dew of the heaven above. 40 You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you decide to break free, you will shake his yoke from your neck.” |
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10 Jan 2019 Thu
genesis 28:6-30:24
Gen 28
9 So Esau visited his uncle Ishmael’s family and married one of Ishmael’s daughters, in addition to the wives he already had. His new wife’s name was Mahalath. She was the sister of Nebaioth and the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son.
Comment :- Esau is the grandson
of Abraham and he married Ishmael’s daughter as his third wife, after his two
Canaanite wives.
16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said,
“Surely the Lord is in
this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!” 17 But he was also afraid and said, “What an
awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very
gateway to heaven!”
19 He
named that place Bethel (which means “house of God”), although it was
previously called Luz.
12 He
explained to Rachel that he was her cousin on her father’s side—the son of
her aunt Rebekah. So Rachel quickly ran and told her father, Laban.
Comments :- In contrast, Jacob married his
uncle Laban’s daughters.
Jacob’s many children
1st Son
(Leah) 29:32 Reuben means “Look, a son!” It also sounds
like the Hebrew for “He has seen my misery.”
3rd Son
(Leah) 29:34 Levi sounds like a Hebrew term that means
“being attached” or “feeling affection for.”
12th Son (Rachel) 35:19 Benjamin means "Son of my right hand".
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11 Jan 2019 Fri
genesis 30:25-31:55
Gen 31
40 “I
worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and
sleepless nights. 41 Yes,
for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning
your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed
my wages ten times! 42 In
fact, if the God of my father had not been on my side—the God of Abraham and
the fearsome God of Isaac[d]—you would have sent me away empty-handed.
But God has seen your abuse and my hard work. That is why he appeared to you
last night and rebuked you!”
Jacob’s Treaty with Laban
43 Then
Laban replied to Jacob, “These women are my daughters, these children are my
grandchildren, and these flocks are my flocks—in fact, everything you see is
mine. But what can I do now about my daughters and their children? 44 So come, let’s make a
covenant, you and I, and it will be a witness to our commitment.”
45 So
Jacob took a stone and set it up as a monument. 46 Then he told his family
members, “Gather some stones.” So they gathered stones and piled them in a
heap. Then Jacob and Laban sat down beside the pile of stones to eat a
covenant meal. 47 To
commemorate the event, Laban called the place Jegar-sahadutha (which means
“witness pile” in Aramaic), and Jacob called it Galeed (which means “witness
pile” in Hebrew).
48 Then
Laban declared, “This pile of stones will stand as a witness to remind us of
the covenant we have made today.” This explains why it was called
Galeed—“Witness Pile.” 49 But it
was also called Mizpah (which means “watchtower”), for Laban said, “May
the Lord keep watch
between us to make sure that we keep this covenant when we are out of each
other’s sight. 50 If you
mistreat my daughters or if you marry other wives, God will see it even if no
one else does. He is a witness to this covenant between us.
51 “See
this pile of stones,” Laban continued, “and see this monument I have set
between us. 52 They
stand between us as witnesses of our vows. I will never pass this pile of
stones to harm you, and you must never pass these stones or this monument to
harm me. 53 I call
on the God of our ancestors—the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God
of my grandfather Nahor—to serve as a judge between us.”
So Jacob took an oath
before the fearsome God of his father, Isaac,[e] to
respect the boundary line. 54 Then
Jacob offered a sacrifice to God there on the mountain and invited everyone
to a covenant feast. After they had eaten, they spent the night on the
mountain.
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12 Jan 2019 Sat
genesis 32:1-35:27
32 [a]As
Jacob started on his way again, angels of God came to meet him. 2 When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, “This is God’s camp!” So
he named the place Mahanaim.[b]
Jacob and Esau made peace
16 So
Esau turned around and started back to Seir that same day.17 Jacob, on the other
hand, traveled on to Succoth. There he built himself a house and made
shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was named Succoth (which
means “shelters”).
18 Later,
having traveled all the way from Paddan-aram, Jacob arrived safely at the
town of Shechem, in the land of Canaan. There he set up camp outside the
town. 19 Jacob bought the plot
of land where he camped from the family of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for
100 pieces of silver.[e] 20 And
there he built an altar and named it El-Elohe-Israel.[f]
Jacob’s Return to Bethel
35 Then God said to Jacob,
“Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the
God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau.”
2 So
Jacob told everyone in his household, “Get rid of all your pagan idols,
purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing. 3 We are now going to
Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I
was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
4 So
they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and earrings, and he buried them under
the great tree near Shechem. 5 As
they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of
that area, so no one attacked Jacob’s family.
6 Eventually,
Jacob and his household arrived at Luz (also called Bethel) in Canaan. 7 Jacob built an altar
there and named the place El-bethel (which means “God of Bethel”), because
God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.
8 Soon
after this, Rebekah’s old nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried beneath the
oak tree in the valley below Bethel. Ever since, the tree has been called
Allon-bacuth (which means “oak of weeping”).
9 Now
that Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again at
Bethel. God blessed him, 10 saying,
“Your name is Jacob, but you will not be called Jacob any longer. From now on
your name will be Israel.”[h] So God renamed him Israel.
11 Then
God said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Be fruitful and multiply. You will
become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your
descendants! 12 And I
will give you the land I once gave to Abraham and Isaac. Yes, I will give it
to you and your descendants after you.” 13 Then
God went up from the place where he had spoken to Jacob.
14 Jacob
set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. Then he
poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive
oil. 15 And Jacob named the
place Bethel (which means “house of God”), because God had spoken to him
there.
The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac
16 Leaving
Bethel, Jacob and his clan moved on toward Ephrath. But Rachel went into
labor while they were still some distance away. Her labor pains were intense. 17 After a very hard
delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, “Don’t be afraid—you have another
son!” 18 Rachel was about to
die, but with her last breath she named the baby Ben-oni (which means “son of
my sorrow”). The baby’s father, however, called him Benjamin (which means
“son of my right hand”). 19 So
Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). 20 Jacob set up a stone
monument over Rachel’s grave, and it can be seen there to this day.
Comment :- Rachel died
after giving birth to Benjamin.
These are the names of
the twelve sons of Jacob:
23 The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob’s oldest
son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, were Dan
and Naphtali.
26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and
Asher.
These are the names of
the sons who were born to Jacob at Paddan-aram.
33:20 El-Elohe-Israel means “God, the God of
Israel.”
34:7 Hebrew a disgraceful thing in Israel.
35:10 Jacob sounds like the Hebrew words for “heel”
and “deceiver.” Israel means “God fights.”
35:21 Hebrew Israel; also in 35:22a. The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged
throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch
and sometimes to the nation.
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13 Jan 2019 Sun
genesis
36:1-19;1chronicles 1:35-37;genesis 36:20-30;1chronicles 1:38-42;genesis
36:31-43;1chronicles 1:43-2:2
9 This is the account of Esau’s descendants, the
Edomites, who lived in the hill country of Seir.
10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz,
the son of Esau’s wife Adah; and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
11 The descendants of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar,
Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 Timna, the concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to a son
named Amalek. These are the descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.
13 The descendants of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah,
Shammah, and Mizzah. These are
the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.
14 Esau
also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of
Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
Gen 36
40 These are the names of the leaders of the clans descended
from Esau, who lived in the places named for them: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,41 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 42 Kenaz,
Teman, Mibzar, 43 Magdiel,
and Iram. These are the leaders of the clans of Edom, listed according to
their settlements in the land they occupied. They all descended from Esau,
the ancestor of the Edomites.
1
Chronicles 1:35-37 New Living Translation (NLT)
Descendants of Esau
35 The sons of Esau were
Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
36 The descendants of
Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho,[a] Gatam, Kenaz, and Amalek, who was
born to Timna.[b]
37 The descendants of
Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
1
Chronicles 1:38-42 New Living Translation (NLT)
Original Peoples of Edom
38 The descendants of Seir
were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
The
descendants of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah.
41 The son of Anah was
Dishon.
http://ldolphin.org/edom.html
Questions :-
Who is Lotan from Sier in relations to Esau ?
They were originals
inhabitants of the land of Sier (Caveman).
Lotan’s sister, Timna,
became the concubine of Eliphaz, eldest son of Esau.
Also, Oholibamah
became Esau’s wife.
Who is Oholibamah ?
(O‧hol‧i‧ba′mah) [Tent of the High Place].
1. A Canaanite wife of Esau. She bore him three sons, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah, all of whom became sheiks of Edom. Oholibamah was a daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Hivite Zibeon.—Ge 36:2, 5-8, 14, 18, 25; see ANAH. 2. The designation of an Edomite sheik; some scholars would apply these listed names to places, believing they should read, “the sheik of Oholibamah,” and so forth.—Ge 36:40, 41; 1Ch 1:51, 52.
Gen 36
14 Esau
also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of
Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
Zibeon was the third
son of Sier, her granddaughter was Oholibamah who married Esau.
So the descendants of
Sier (daughter and granddaughter) married Esau’s eldest son Eliphaz and Esau
himself. Here lies the ties between Esau who became the father of Edomites.
https://jaymack.net/genesis-commentary/Ir-The-Sons-of-Seir-the-Horite.asp
The Sons of Seir the Horite
36:
20-30
The Horites were
the original inhabitants of the land of Edom. These were
the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region before it became known as Edom. We don’t know a lot
about their history, but we do know the word Horite means cave
dwellers. They lived in the caves found in the mountain
range of Mount Seir. Outside the Bible they are known as the Hurrians. Originally
they were an independent nation, as we know from 14:6. They were
partially exterminated, but also partially subjugated by Esav according
to Deuteronomy 2:22. The Horites who survived intermarried
with the Edomites and were absorbed by them. Two are
mentioned in this chapter. Esau’s son Eliphaz had a concubine named
Timna and Oholibamah became Esau’s wife.
The seven sons of Seir the
Horite were named Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezerand Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom
were Horite chiefs (36:20-21).
The first son, Lotan, produced
two sons Hori and Homam. Timna, the concubine of Esau’s son
Eliphaz, was Lotan’s sister (36:22). So here was the direct
connection between the Horites and the Edomites. Hori
and Homam were the grandsons of Seir the Horite.
The second son, Shobal,
produced five sons; their nameswere Alvan, Manahath,
Ebal, Shepho and Onam (36:23).
The third son, Zibeon, produced
two sons Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot
springs in the desert while he was grazing the donkeys of his father Zibeon
(36:24). From that discovery Anah received the
surname Berri (26:34) meaning spring man.
The fourth son, Anah, produced
two children named Dishon and Oholibamah, daughter
of Anah, the great-granddaughter of Seir the Horite, who
became the wife of Esau (36:25).
The fifth son, Dishon, produced
four sons named Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran (36:26).
The sixth son, Ezer, produced
three sons named Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan (36:27).
The seventh son, Dishan, produced
two sons named Uz and Aran (36:28).
All seven
sons of Seir the Horite became
the heads of clans. Their names were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite heads
of clans, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir
(36:29-30).
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Who
was Oholibamah?
Alice C. Linsley
Oholibamah is one of the most fascinating women in the Old
Testament. Her name means "most high tent" or "high tent
shrine" and she is mentioned six places in Genesis 36. Based on the
genealogical information in Genesis 36, we may conclude that she was
associated with the Horite Hebrew priests of the royal house of Seir. Seir
ruled over Edom and appears to a successor to the earlier rulers of Edom,
including Abraham and Isaac.
Oholibamah's mother was the female clan chief, Anah. Her father's identity is not known. It appears that the authority was vested with the mother in this case. That would mean that Oholibamah required permission from her mother's household to marry Esau the Younger, the son of Isaac and Rebecca. We find a similar pattern with Rebecca. Rebecca ran to her mother's household for permission to marry Isaac (Gen. 24:28).  Esau the Younger is named after his maternal grandfather, following the custom of the cousin bride's naming prerogative. Looking at the diagram above, we must imagine daughters born to Esau by his two wives Basemath and Adah, daughters of the great Hittite ruler Elon. One of these daughters married Isaac and named their first born son "Esau" after her father. The identity of this daughter is a riddle that remains to be solved, but that daughter appears to be Rebecca. It appears then that Rebecca's royal mother from whom she sought permission to marry Isaac was Basemath. Basemath is a royal name that means perfume. It is the Hittite version of the name Keturah which also means perfume. Keturah was Abraham's cousin wife. The cousin bride's naming prerogative is also seen in the kinship of the family of Moses. Amram had two wives: Ishar and Jocheded. Ishar is identified as the cousin wife because she named her first born son Korah, after her father.
© 2004 Alice C. Linsley
Diagram
of Moses’ Ancestry
∆ Seir
׀
∆ Zibeon
׀
O Anah
׀
Esau ∆ = O Oholibamah (Gen. 36)
׀
∆
Korah the Elder
׀
Ishar O = ∆ = O Jochebed
׀
׀
Korah ∆ ∆ Moses Here we again encounter Oholibamah. She is the only woman in Genesis whose mother, Anah, is figured in the line of descent in place of the father. Anah was the daughter of Zibeon. Genesis 36:24 tells us that Zibeon had a son named Aiah. Yet it is Anah, his daughter, who takes center stage as the mother of Oholibamah. Aiah is mentioned only once inn the Bible, but Anah and Oholibamah are mentioned repeatedly.
That Anah and her daughter Oholibamah are important is evident
from the diagram above. It is rare that females are listed in the line of
descent of chiefs. In Oholibamah's case, she is listed because of
her status - not because her father had no sons. We are told that she
had a brother named Dishan.
Genesis 36:2 tells us that "Esau took his wives from the
daughters of the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah the daughter of
Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter,
sister of Nebajoth." However, Genesis 26:34 states that Basemath is the
daughter of Elon the Hittite. How are we to resolve this apparent contradiction?
We must look at the location of Isaac's first encounter with Rebecca. Abraham's servant fetched Rebecca from Paddan-Aram and brought her to Isaac in the region of Beersheba. This was the territory of the Ishmaelites. It appears that the Hebrew clans of Mesopotamia and the Hebrew clans of the Negev intermarried and someone assigned Basemath to the Ishmaelite Hebrew.
Oholibamah is remembered as a wife of Esau and that marriage was
arranged because of Oholibamah's high rank. she was probably the daughter of a Hebrew priest. She
is important also as the mother of Korah, also a priest. The word
"Korah" refers to a priest who shaves his body inn preparation for
his time of service at the shrine or temple.
Korah the Elder is the maternal grandfather of Korah the Younger who opposed Moses in the wilderness. Korah the Younger is Amram's son by his cousin bride Ishar.
According to Genesis 36:5, Esau and Oholibamah had three sons:
Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All were born in Canaan. Korah the Younger died when
the earth opened and devoured him and his fellow conspirators who defied
Moses' authority in the wilderness (Numbers 26:10). Here we find the
continuing theme of competition between two brothers, and see that the events
described in Exodus and Numbers are not far removed from those narrated in
Genesis.
According to Genesis 36:18, Oholibamah's three sons became the chiefs of their clans. Someone of Oholibama's clan "found the hot springs in the desert, as he pastured the donkeys of his father Zibeon" (Genesis 36:24b). Again we see that the cousin bride named her first-born son after her father. We first saw this in Genesis 5 with Naamah, Methusaleh’s cousin bride, who named her first-born son ‘Lamech’ after her father. We found it also with Keturah, Abraham's cousin bride, who named her first-born son Joktan after her father. Genesis 36 poses difficulty because Anah is also listed as a ‘son’ of Zibeon (verse 24) and Oholibamah is listed as an Edomite chief (verse 41). "These were the names of the chiefs of Esau, in their tribes and places, in their countries and nations: Chief Timnah, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth, Chief Oholibamah, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar, Chief Magdiel, and Chief Zaphoim." The term ‘son’ in reference to these two women means person through whom descendents are traced and 'chief' suggests that Oholibamah was the titular head, not necessarily the ruler. Oholibamah is an enigma. She is mentioned repeatedly as an important woman of Edom, yet little is known of her. Her connection to the house of Korah is indisputable, and Korah's claim to the rights of primogenture were probably justified.
David had Edomite blood through Tamar and Moabite blood through
Ruth. Likely, David's priestly can be traced through Oholibamah. This is why
II Samuel 8:18 speaks of David's sons as being priests. They didn't serve in
the office of priest, but they were of the Hebrew ruler-pries caste,
and this was the lineage of Jesus Messiah.
Oholibamah appears to prefigure the Virgin Mary. Her royal mother's name was Anah, a variant of Anna. The Virgin Mary, whose womb became the tabernacle of the Most High God, was the daughter of Anna. Oholibamah, an ancestor of David, is another type of the Woman in Genesis 3:15, but Genesis 3:15 finds fulfillment in Mary, the Mother of God. There is a lovely Toparion appointed for this Sunday in the Orthodox Church. Here are the words:
Prepare, O Bethlehem, for Eden has been opened to all!
Adorn yourself, O Ephratha, for the tree of life blossoms forth from the Virgin in the cave! Her womb is a spiritual paradise planted with Divine Fruit: if we eat of it, we shall live forever and not die like Adam. Christ comes to restore the image which He made in the beginning! Related reading: Was Mary A Dedicated Royal Virgin?; The Mother's House and the Father's House; God's Word Never Fails; Mary's Priestly Lineage; The Social Structure of the Biblical Hebrew (Descent); The Social Structure of the Biblical Hebrew (Right to Rule) |
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Week 2/52 - Read the Bible In A Year Project
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