_Bela the son of Beor_] possibly the same as the familiar Balaam son of Beor, the consonants of the names differing in Hebrew only by the final _m_. See, however, Gray, _Numbers (International Critical Commentary)_, pp. 315, 324. ⁴⁶And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. ⁴⁷And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. =46.= _smote Midian in the field of Moab_] An isolated historical notice, interesting as showing the power of Edom at some period. The Midianites centred round the lands east of the Gulf of Akaba, but bands of them were constantly pushing northwards and harassing the territories of Edom, Moab, and Israel (compare Numbers xxii. 4; Judges vi.; etc.). ⁴⁸And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead. ⁴⁹And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. =48.= _Rehoboth by the River_] not “the River,” _par excellence_ (i.e. the Euphrates), as the Revised Version translators supposed; but either the _Wady el-Arish_, the stream on the boundary of Egypt or Palestine; or else a river in north Edom, Rehoboth being distinguished from other places of the same name by being the city on its banks. ⁵⁰And Baal-hanan died, and Hadad¹ reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pai²: and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab. ¹ In Genesis xxxvi. 39, _Hadar_. ² In Genesis xxxvi. 39, _Pau_. =50.= _Hadad_] As in verse 46; in Genesis xxxvi. 39, “Hadar.” Possibly the king whom David overthrew, 2 Samuel viii. 14, compare 1 Kings xi. 14 (perhaps a son of this Hadad). ⁵¹And Hadad died. =51a.= _And Hadad died_] repeated by a copyist’s error from verse 47; the words are not found in Genesis. =51b‒54= (compare Genesis xxxvi. 40‒43). THE “DUKES” OF EDOM. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timna, duke Aliah¹, 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: