Difference between revisions of "Kenizzites"

<p> <strong> [[Kenizzites]] </strong> . A clan named from an eponymous ancestor, <strong> [[Kenaz]] </strong> . According to J [Note: Jahwist.] (&nbsp; Joshua 15:17 , &nbsp; Judges 1:13 ), <strong> [[Caleb]] </strong> and <strong> [[Othniel]] </strong> were descended from him. (The Inference, sometimes made, that Kenaz was a brother of Caleb, arose from a misunderstanding of these passages.) R [Note: Redactor.] in &nbsp; Joshua 14:6; &nbsp; Joshua 14:14 definitely calls Caleb a Kenizzite, as P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] does in &nbsp; Numbers 32:12 . R [Note: Redactor.] also (&nbsp; [[Genesis]] 15:18-21 ) counts the Kenizzites among the pre-Israelitish inhabitants of Palestine. P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] in &nbsp; Genesis 36:42 enrols Kenaz among the ‘dukes’ of Edom, while a Priestly supplementer counts him both as a ‘duke’ and as a grandson of [[Esau]] (&nbsp; Genesis 36:11; &nbsp; Genesis 36:16 ). The Chronicler names Kenaz as a grandson of Esau (&nbsp; 1 Chronicles 1:36 ), and also as a descendant of Judah (&nbsp; 1 Chronicles 4:13-15 ). The probable meaning of all these passages is that the Kenizzites overspread a part of [[Edom]] and southern Judah before the [[Israelitish]] conquest and continued to abide there, a part of them being absorbed by the Edomites, and a part by the tribe of Judah. This latter portion embraced the clans of Caleb and Othniel. </p> <p> [[George]] A. Barton. </p>