Amelek] (Deuteronomy 25:17. Genesis 26:12.) That is, the Amalekites who were the posteritie of Esau, by Duke Amalek, the grand child of Esau, Genesis 36:16. and the heires of his hatred against the Israelites, the off-spring of his brother Jacob; with remembrance and emulation (as it is like) for the old Quarrell of the birth-right, and blessing gotten by Jacob from Esau.