Genesis - 36:32



32 Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 36:32.

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Bela the son of Beer, and the name of his city Denaba.
And Bela son of Beor reigneth in Edom, and the name of his city is Dinhabah;
Bela, son of Beor, was king in Edom, and the name of his chief town was Dinhabah.
Nempe regnavit in Edom, Belah filius Behor: et nomen urbis ejus Dinhabah.

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And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom,.... His name was not Balac, as the Septuagint version, which may lead to think of Balak king of Moab; nor is this the same with Balaam, the son of Beor, who lived ages after, as some in Aben Ezra: who he was we know no more of than what is here said; he was the first Horite king, and is placed by Mr. Bedford (i) in A. M. 2002:
and the name of his city was Dinhabah, the place either where he was born, or where he had been governor before, but of it we read nowhere else.
(i) Scripture Chronology, p. 316.

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