Old Testament
Jalam
A son of Esau and Oholibamah, listed among the chiefs of the Edomite clans.
Jalam was one of the sons born to Esau by his wife Oholibamah in the land of Canaan. His lineage is recorded in the genealogies of Genesis and 1 Chronicles as part of the ancestral line of the Edomites. He is identified as one of the chiefs descended from Esau, representing the expansion of Esau's family into the region of Edom.
In the text
- Verses
- 4
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Genesis 36:5
- Last appears
- 1 Chronicles 1:35
Where Jalam appears
4 verses · 2 chaptersIn the same books
- Bilhah11 versesRachel's handmaid who became a concubine to Jacob and the mother of his sons Dan and Naphtali.
- Ham11 versesOne of Noah's three sons who survived the Flood and became the ancestor of various nations.
- Japheth11 versesOne of Noah's three sons who survived the Flood and became a patriarch of the nations.
- Anah10 versesA Horite leader and son of Zibeon whose daughter Oholibamah became a wife of Esau.
- Bethuel10 versesThe son of Nahor and Milcah, father of Rebekah and Laban, and nephew of Abraham.
- Put2 versesA son of Ham and progenitor of a North African people group often associated with ancient Libya.
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