Bible Person
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
Central Figure
Eliphaz
Meaning: the endeavor of God
The son of Esau by his wife Adah, and father of several Edomitish tribes (Gen.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.