Genesis 36:20

Genesis 36:20 says, These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,   There is now a break from the genealogy of the descendants of Abraham to give the descendants of some of the other people of the land.  We are not told who they descended from, but they were in the land.  The first was Seir the Horite.  Verse twenty one adds, And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.  Seir had seven sons, who like the sons of Esau were said to be dukes in Edom.  Matthew Henry says that these may be listed because when Esau sold his birthright and intermarried with these people, he became more one of them than one of God's people.  We cannot be just like the rest of the world and still be a follower of Christ.  We are to be set aside from the world, even when we are in the midst of the world.  Verse twenty-two states, And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.  Verse twenty-three adds, And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. Verse twenty-four continues, And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. While listing the grandchildren of Zeir, there is a mention of one in particular, Anah, who found the mules in the wilderness.  Matthew Henry says this pointed out that even if Anah was born to riches and power that he was still industrious.  Verse twenty-five states, And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.  This was the Anah who was the son of Zeir, and not the grandson just mentioned.  Verse twenty-six adds, And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.  Verse twenty-seven continues, The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.  Then verse twenty-eight concludes, The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.  We are given a list of all Zeir's children and grandchildren.  We have to realize that as followers of Christ, we are not the only people in the world.  We nreed to also acknowledge that God knows all these other people, and He loves them just as much as He loves us.  Verse twenty-nine declares, These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, Verse thirty adds, Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.  Then verse thirty-one concludes, And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.  Not only were there other people in the land, but they were powerful as well.  God does not remove all those in power, but simply expects us to follow Him whoever is in power around us.