Genesis 25:3
Jeremiah 25:23
23. Dedan—north of Arabia (Ge 25:3, 4).
Tema . . . Buz—neighboring tribes north of Arabia (Job 32:2). all . . . in . . . utmost corners—rather, "having the hair cut in angles," a heathenish custom (see on Jer 9:26). Ezekiel 25:13
13. Teman . . . they of Dedan—rather, "I will make it desolate from Teman (in the south) even to Dedan (in the northwest)" [GROTIUS], (Jer 49:8), that is, the whole country from north to south, stretching from the south of the Dead Sea to the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea.
Ezekiel 27:20
20. Dedan—in Arabia; distinct from the Dedan in Eze 27:15 (see on Eze 27:15). Descended from Abraham and Keturah (Ge 25:3) [BOCHART].
precious clothes—splendid coverlets.
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