8. turn--namely, your backs in flight.
dwell deep--in deep defiles and caves
[GROTIUS], which abound in
Idumea. Others refer it to the Arab custom of retiring into the depth
of the desert when avoiding an offended foe
(Jer 49:30).
Dedan--a tribe bordering on and made subject by Idumea; descended
from Jokshan, son of Abraham and Keturah
(Ge 25:1-3).
Esau--The naming of Edom's progenitor, reprobated by God, recalls
the remembrance of the old curse on him for his profanity, both his sin
and its punishment being perpetuated in his descendants
(Heb 12:16, 17).
JFB.
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