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Ramban on Genesis 36:9/רמב"ן על בראשית ל״ו:ט׳
אוְאֵלֶּה תֹּלְדוֹת עֵשָׂו אֲבִי אֱדוֹם בָּא לְהַזְכִּיר הַתּוֹלָדוֹת אֲשֶׁר הוֹלִידוּ בָּנָיו אַחֲרֵי שֶׁהָלְכוּ עִמּוֹ לְשֵׂעִיר, כִּי הוּא לֹא הוֹלִיד שָׁם. וְהִנֵּה הֵחֵל מִמֶּנּוּ, לוֹמַר הוּא הוֹלִיד אֶת אֱלִיפַז וּרְעוּאֵל, וְהֵם הוֹלִידוּ בְּאֶרֶץ שֵׂעִיר תּוֹלָדוֹת הַלָּלוּ. וְיַזְכִּיר עִמָּהֶם בְּנֵי אָהֳלִיבָמָה הַנּוֹלָדִים בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא הִזְכִּיר לָהֶם תּוֹלָדוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ שֵׂעִיר, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּמָּנוּ עִם אֲחֵיהֶם בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו הַנִּזְכָּרִים בִּתְחִלַּת הַפָּרָשָׁה, וְעוֹד בַּעֲבוּר הֱיוֹתָם בְּשֵׂעִיר אַלּוּפִים, כִּי כָל אַלּוּפֵיהֶם יַזְכִּיר:
1AND THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF ESAU THE FATHER OF EDOM. Scripture comes to mention the generations which his children begot after they went with him to Se’ir for Esau did not beget there. Thus Scripture begins from him by saying that he had already begotten Eliphaz and Re’uel,259 and they begot these children in the land of Se’ir. It also mentions together with them the children of Oholibamah,260 who were born in the land of Canaan,261 even though it does not mention any children that were born to them in the land of Se’ir,262 so that they be counted together with their brothers, the sons of Esau, mentioned in the beginning of the section. It is also mentioned because they became chieftains in Se’ir since Scripture mentions all their chieftains.