Bible Person

Ebal

Meaning: ancient heaps · Male · 2 cross references

This Ebal entry refers to the Horite descendant in the Seir genealogies, not to the Joktanite Ebal or to the mountain. He belongs to the ancestral landscape surrounding Edom. First appears in Gen 36:23.1

AI summary: This Ebal matters because the cross references place him within the named family lines of Seir's descendants. Such entries help give the Bible's neighboring peoples historical shape and genealogical depth. Taken together, the material presents this Ebal as a Horite family figure whose place contributes to the remembered background of Edom.1

Central Figure

Ebal

Meaning: ancient heaps

A descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen.