Bible Person

Eliphaz

Meaning: the endeavor of God · Male · 8 cross references

This Eliphaz entry refers to the son of Esau and ancestor of several Edomite clan leaders. He is significant mainly through the tribal lines descending from him, including Amalek. First appears in Gen 36:4.1

AI summary: This Eliphaz matters because the cross references present him as a key genealogical branch in Esau's line. Through his sons and through Timna's child Amalek, he becomes an ancestral node for several peoples and chiefs who remain relevant in later biblical history. The narrative attention is genealogical rather than dramatic, but the later importance of those descendants gives the line real weight. Taken together, the material presents this Eliphaz as an Edomite ancestor whose offspring shape the world around Israel.1