And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timna, duke Aliah[¹], duke Jetheth; ⁵²duke Oholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon; ⁵³duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar; ⁵⁴duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.
[¹] In Genesis xxxvi. 40, Alvah.
51b. dukes] The word means “leader of a thousand.” The list which follows is probably topographical, not chronological. It seems to give the names of the districts into which Edom was divided at the time when the list was drawn up.
duke Timna, etc.] Render, the duke of Timna, etc.
Aliah] In Genesis xxxvi. 40, “Alvah.”
Chapters II.–VIII.
The Genealogies of the Tribes of Israel.
Attention is now narrowed down to those in the true line of descent, from Abraham through Isaac (“in Isaac shall thy seed be called,” Genesis xxi. 12) and from Isaac through Jacob = Israel, Genesis xxxii. 28 (compare Genesis xxvi. 2–4).
The Chronicler deals very unequally with the tribes in their genealogies; as the following table shows:
ii. 1–iv. 23. Judah (102 verses).