Bible Person

Bilhan

Male · 2 cross references

Bilhan is a Horite descendant in the Seir genealogies, preserved in the parallel records of Genesis and Chronicles. He belongs to the ancestral world surrounding Edom and its earlier populations. First appears in Gen 36:27.1

AI summary: Bilhan matters because the cross references place him within the named family structure of Seir's descendants. These notices help populate the wider biblical landscape with remembered neighboring lineages rather than leaving the world around Israel undefined. Taken together, the material presents Bilhan as a Horite family figure whose place contributes to the genealogical texture of Edom's background.1

Central Figure

Bilhan

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