John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 36:42

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Duke Kenaz, Duke Teman, Duke Mibzar.] There was a Kenaz the son of Eliphaz, and so a Teman a son of his, who were both dukes; but these seem to be different from them, though the latter might be duke of the place called Teman from him: which, in Jerom’s time f1625, was a village five miles distant from Petra, and where was a Roman garrison, and so Mabsar in his times f1626, was a large village in the country of Gabalena (a part of Idumea), and called Mabsara, and belonged to the city Petra.

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