Pinon (Edomite living at the time of the Patriarchs)

Pinon appears among the chiefs, or 'dukes,' of Edom in the genealogical lists of Genesis 36:41 and 1 Chronicles 1:52, where each name marks the head of a clan or territory. Many scholars think Pinon is the same as Punon, an Edomite way station named in Numbers 33:42-43, associated with the copper mining region of Feinan in the Jordan valley, where archaeologists have uncovered extensive ancient smelting sites.