Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

POSTERITY OF ABRAHAM BY ESAU. (Ch1 1:34-42) sons of Eliphaz--the tribe Adites, in the center country of the Saracens, so called from his mother, Adah (Gen 36:10). Teman--gave rise to the land of Teman, near the head of the Red Sea. Omar--the tribe Beni-Amma, settled at the northern point of Djebel Shera (Mount Seir). Zephi--the tribe Dzaf. Gatam--Katam, inhabited by the tribe Al Saruat, or "people of Sarah." Kenaz--the tribe Aenezes, a tribe whose settlement lies in the neighborhood of Syria. Amalek--the Beni Malak of Zohran, and the Beni Maledj of the Shat el Arab.