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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Hemdan (Edomite living at the time of the Patriarchs)
Eldest son of Dishon, one of the Horite chiefs who held the land before Esau's descendants took it. Chronicles calls him Hamran.
First, in plain English
Eldest son of Dishon, one of the Horite chiefs who held the land before Esau's descendants took it. Chronicles calls him Hamran.
Who this is
Eldest son of Dishon, one of the Horite clan chiefs descended from Seir who inhabited the land before it was taken by Esau's descendants, the Edomites (Genesis 36:20-26). He appears only in this genealogical list; the parallel list in 1 Chronicles 1:41 gives the name as Hamran.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H2533
Where it appears
- Genesis 36:26
