People — E

Eber

Descendant of Shem · Father of Peleg and Joktan

Edom

Name of Esau and the land where his descendants settle in Seir in Genesis 36

Egyptians

Moses pleads that the Egyptians not say Yahweh led Israel out only to slaughter them in the mountains

Ehi

Ehi is a son of Benjamin listed among Jacob's descendants who arrive in Egypt in Genesis 46.

Elam

Son of Shem; also a kingdom in Genesis 14

Eldaah

Son of Midian in Keturah's line through Abraham

Elders of Israel

Seventy go up Sinai, see God, and eat and drink; they wait with Aaron and Hur while Moses is on the mountain

Eleazar

Aaron's son, summoned with Nadab, Abihu and Ithamar to serve as priest; husband of Putiel's daughter and father of Phinehas

Eliezer

Second son of Moses and Zipporah; named because God delivered Moses from Pharaoh's sword

Eliphaz

Esau's firstborn son by Adah; ancestor of Teman and Amalek in Genesis 36

Elishah

Son of Javan

Elon

Hittite father of Basemath

Elon-Zebulun

Elon is a son of Zebulun listed among Jacob's descendants who arrive in Egypt in Genesis 46; distinct from Elon the Hittite.

Emim

People defeated in the eastern kings' campaign

Enoch

Name in early genealogies, including one who walked with God

Enosh

Son of Seth in Adam's line

Ephah

Son of Midian in Keturah's line through Abraham

Epher

Son of Midian in Keturah's line through Abraham

Ephraim

Joseph's younger son; Genesis 50 notes Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim's line

Ephron

Hittite whose Machpelah field receives Jacob's burial in Genesis 50

Er

Judah's firstborn son, married to Tamar and killed by Yahweh in Genesis 38

Eri

Eri is a son of Gad listed among Jacob's descendants who arrive in Egypt in Genesis 46.

Esau

Firstborn twin, also called Edom; Genesis 36 records his descendants, chieftains, and kings in Seir

Eshcol

Amorite ally of Abram and brother of Mamre

Eve

First woman · Mother of all the living

Ezbon

Ezbon is a son of Gad listed among Jacob's descendants who arrive in Egypt in Genesis 46.