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1 Chronicles 1:39

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Chronicles 1:39

Verse 39 of 54

Scripture focus

And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna [was] Lotan’s sister.

1 Chronicles 1:39 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:39

Theological / Devotional

Homam. Or Hemam (Gen. 36:22). The difference is due to the fact that in Genesis a y is employed, whereas here there is a w. The two letters are so similar to each other in the Hebrew as to be easily interchanged. Thus, for obviously the same reason, Obal of Gen. 10:28 appears as Ebal in v. 22 of this chapter. Variations of this type are numerous. For example, we have Zephi (v. 36) and Alian and Shephi (v. 40) for Zepho (Gen. 36:11) and Alvan and Shepo (Gen. 36:23).

Amram. Heb. chamran. The name appears in Gen. 36:26 as chemda. In the consonantal Hebrew the difference is only one of a single letter, an r in Chronicles taking the place of a d in Genesis. In Hebrew these two letters are very similar, and the one may easily be mistaken for the other.

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