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Genesis 36:37

Genesis 36:37

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And Samlah died,.... As is supposed, about A. M. 2283.and Saul of Rehoboth [by] the river reigned in his stead; Rehoboth was one of the cities built by Ashur, ; and was situated near the river Euphrates; and so the Targum of Jonathan calls it Rehoboth which is by Euphrates; but Jerom , from Eusebius, takes it to be another city by a river in Edom, and says, that there was in his days a garrison in the country of Gabalena (a part of Idumea), a large village called by that name.

De loc. Heb. fol. 93. M. & 94.

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