Excerpt from A Homiletical Commentary on the Books of Chronicles Vers. 28 - 33. - The collaterals of Isaac. This reaches from Gen. Xvi.-xxv. Isaac put first as child of promise, though born fourteen years after Ishmael (gen. Xvii. 25 and xxi. So Shem put first, though second son. This must be kept in mind in examina tion of lists. From call of Abraham to birth of Isaac, thirty years. Vers. 29 - 31 taken from Gen. Xxv. 12 - 16. Their generations, a new starting-point, modified from Gen. Xxv. 12, to include Isaac as well as Ishmael. Vers. 32, 33 abridged from Gen. Xxv. 1-4. The sons of Dedan omitted (murphy). Vers. 34 - 37. - Descendants of Esau (of. Gen. Xxxvi. 10 Timna, ver. 36, seems to have been concubine of Eliphaz and Amalek, another son by her. Ver. 37, four grandsons of Esau by Reuel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.