Bible Person

Abimael

Meaning: a father sent from God · Male · 2 cross references

Abimael is one of the sons or descendants of Joktan named in the table of nations and in Chronicles. He belongs to the southern and eastern branches through which post-flood humanity is mapped. First appears in Gen 10:28.1

AI summary: Abimael matters because the cross references preserve him within the large but deliberate genealogy of peoples descended from Shem. Though he has no narrative episode, his inclusion contributes to Scripture's effort to map the human world into remembered family lines. Taken together, the material presents Abimael as a Joktanite ancestral figure whose place helps extend the biblical geography of nations.1