Old Testament
Zibeon
A Hivite leader and the father of Anah, whose daughter Oholibamah married Esau.
Zibeon is identified in the genealogies of Seir the Horite as a Hivite leader. He is primarily significant for his familial connection to Esau, as his granddaughter Oholibamah became one of Esau's wives. His lineage is recorded in Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1 to document the ancestral lines of the Edomite clans.
In the text
- Verses
- 7
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Genesis 36:2
- Last appears
- 1 Chronicles 1:40
Where Zibeon appears
7 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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