Bible Person

Lotan

Male · 5 cross references

Lotan is one of the Horite sons of Seir and the head of a clan in the Seir genealogies. His branch contributes to the Bible's mapping of the peoples living in the region later associated with Edom. First appears in Gen 36:20.1

AI summary: Lotan matters because the cross references preserve one of the leading Horite family lines in Seir. Through his children and siblings, the text fills out the regional kinship structure into which Esau's descendants later settle and interact. These names help situate Edom historically and geographically. Taken together, the material presents Lotan as a Horite clan ancestor within the larger Seir-Edom genealogical world.1