Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.
Numbers 24:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then he looked on Amalek and uttered his oracle, saying, “First among the nations was Amalek, but its end is to perish forever.” Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Balaam] looked at Amalek and took up his [prophetic] utterance, and said: Amalek is the foremost of the [neighboring] nations, but in his latter end he shall come to destruction. American Standard Version (1901) And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction. Common English Bible He looked at Amalek and raised his voice and gave his address: “Amalek is foremost among the nations, but its end is to perish forever.” Catholic Public Domain Version And when he saw Amalek, taking up his parable, he said: "Amalek, first among the Gentiles, whose very end shall be perdition." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he saw Amalec, he took up his parable, and said: Amalec, the beginning of nations, whose latter ends shall be destroyed. |
Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.
they destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.
After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite and advanced him and set his seat above all the officials who were with him.
So the king commanded this to be done; a decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hung.
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a remembrance in a book and recite it in the hearing of Joshua: I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
He said, “A hand upon the banner of the Lord! The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
But ships shall come from Kittim and shall afflict Asshur and Eber, and he also shall perish forever.”
Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall have abundant water; his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
For whenever the Israelites put in seed, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east would come up against them.
He did valiantly and struck down the Amalekites and rescued Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: I will punish the Amalekites for what they did in opposing the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.
Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negeb and on Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag, burned it down,
David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled.