The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
And by. This serves to explain the difficulty; as Thamna would otherwise seem to be a daughter of Eliphaz, though we know she was his concubine, Genesis xxxvi. 12. (Haydock)
The Hebrew, Roman Septuagint, Syriac, and Latin, suppose that Thamna was the brother of Amalec; but the Alexandrian Septuagint has, "Now Thamna, the concubine of Eliphaz, bore Amalec. "Arabic, "And Thamna, who was the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, bore him Amalec "which seems to be the true reading. (Kennicott)
Hebrew, "And Timna and Amalek "(Protestants; Haydock) which confounds the sense. (Mariana) (Du Hamel)
