Places
Edom
Edom is the land and people associated with Esau; Genesis 36 records Esau settling there in Seir and lists Edom's chieftains and kings.
Category
Places
First mention
Genesis 25:30
Tags
2
Genesis 25, 32, 36Region
Scripture references
- Genesis 25:30
Give me a mouthful of that red stuff there; I am exhausted' -- hence the name given to him, Edom.
- Genesis 32:4
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in Seir, the open country of Edom,
- Genesis 36:8
That is why Edom settled in the mountainous region of Seir. Esau is Edom.
- Genesis 36:31
These are the kings who reigned in Edom before an Israelite king.