Old Testament
Dumah
A son of Ishmael and the ancestral head of an Ishmaelite tribe, also associated with a region in Edom.
Dumah is listed in the genealogies of Genesis and 1 Chronicles as the sixth son of Ishmael. In Isaiah 21:11, the name refers to a prophetic oracle directed toward a region or people group associated with Seir in Edom. The name signifies both a tribal patriarch and a geographical location mentioned in the context of divine judgment.
In the text
- Verses
- 4
- Books
- 4
- First appears
- Genesis 25:14
- Last appears
- Isaiah 21:11
Where Dumah appears
4 verses · 4 chaptersIn the same books
- Esau57 versesThe elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, and the progenitor of the Edomite nation.
- Ephah5 versesA son of Midian and grandson of Abraham through Keturah, representing a tribe of the Midianite people.
- Nahor18 versesThe son of Serug and grandfather of Abraham, serving as a link in the genealogy of the patriarchs.
- Kenaz14 versesA descendant of Esau and a prominent leader among the clans of Edom and the tribe of Judah.
- Terah12 versesThe father of Abraham, Nahor, and Haran who migrated from Ur of the Chaldeans toward Canaan.
- Bilhah11 versesRachel's handmaid who became a concubine to Jacob and the mother of his sons Dan and Naphtali.
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