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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 36:41

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Duke Aholibamah, Duke Elah, Duke Pinon.] The former is the name of a woman, (<013602>Genesis 36:2,25); here the name of a man, and also of the place of which he was duke; for Jerom observes f1622, that Oolibama is a city of the princes of Edom, and who also makes mention of Elath, a country of the princes of Edom, and a city of Esau, ten miles from Petra to the east f1623, and the seat of Duke Pinon was very probably Phinon, which lay between Petra and Zoar f1624.
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