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Ramban on Genesis 36:26/רמב"ן על בראשית ל״ו:כ״ו
אוְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי דִישָׁן חֶמְדָּן וְאֶשְׁבָּן הוּא דִּישׁוֹן הַבֵּן הַחֲמִישִׁי לְשֵׂעִיר, כִּי אֵין קְפֵידָא שֶׁיִּקְרָאֶנּוּ דִּישָׁן אוֹ דִּישׁוֹן רַק כְּשֶׁהֵם בְּפָסוּק אֶחָד לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין שְׁנֵיהֶם. וְכֵן "וַיַּעַשׂ חִירוֹם אֶת הַכִּיֹּרוֹת וַיְכַל חִירָם" (מלכים א ז מ) וְהֻצְרַךְ הַכָּתוּב בְּכָאן לְקָרְאוֹ דִּישָׁן שֶׁלֹּא יֵחָשֵׁב שֶׁהוּא דִּישׁוֹן בֶּן עֲנָה הַנִּזְכָּר בְּסָמוּךְ לְיַחֵס לוֹ תּוֹלָדוֹת כִּי כֵן יִהְיֶה בַּמַּשְׁמָע:
1AND THESE ARE THE CHILDREN OF DISHAN: HEMDAN AND ESHBAN. This Dishan is identical with Dishon, the fifth son of Se’ir,299 it being of no consequence whether he is called Dishan or Dishon, except when both names are mentioned in one verse299 in order to distinguish between them. Similarly, And Hirom made the pots…302 So Hiram made an end of doing all the work.303 It was necessary for Scripture to call him Dishan here so that it should not be thought that he is identical with Dishon the son of Anah mentioned nearby [in Verse 25] for the purpose of ascribing his children to him, for so it would have appeared.