Bible Person
Meaning: same as Zarah · Male · 3 cross references
Zerah is an Edomite descendant in the line of Reuel, Esau's son, preserved in the clan lists of Genesis and Chronicles. He belongs to the family structure through which Edom's branches are remembered. First appears in Gen 36:13.1
AI summary: Zerah matters because the cross references preserve his name within the genealogical framework of Esau's descendants. The entry contributes to the Bible's broader mapping of related peoples and underscores how neighboring lineages are remembered alongside Israel's own. Taken together, the material presents Zerah as an Edomite clan figure whose place helps define the ancestry of Esau's house.1
Central Figure
Zerah
Meaning: same as Zarah
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.