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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 36:1/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל״ו:א׳
אהוא אדום. הוא אבי אדום ואל תתמה על עדה ובשמת שיש לה ב' שמות כי כן שם אֵם אַבִיָה, גם שם "אביה" בד"ה איננו כמו בס' מלכים, כי שני שמות הי' לה גם לאביה,
1THE SAME IS EDOM. He is the father of Edom.1, which I.E., based on verse 9, interprets as, he is the father of Edom (Krinsky). Filwarg interprets it as, both Esau and his descendants are called Edom. Our verse teaches that Esau is Edom and verse 9 (which reads, Esau the father of the Edomites) that Esau’s descendants are called Edom. Do not be surprised that Scripture here calls the daughter of Elon the Hittite whom Esau married Adah, while earlier it refers to her by the name of Basemath (Gen. 26:34), for she had two names.2 We find the same with the mother of Abijah.3 Indeed, Abijah himself (II Chron. 11:20) is called Abijam in the Book of Kings (I Kings 15:1) and Abijah in Chronicles (II Chron. 11:20).4 The Bible refers to them by two different names because both Abijah and his mother had two names each.
בוטעם אלה שמות בני עשו על בני בניו:
2These are the names of Esau’s sons (v. 10) refers to his grandchildren.5, must refer to his grandchildren. Krinsky suggests that there is a scribal error and that the reference is to And these are the generations of Esau in verse 9.