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People group

Horites

people group

Pre-Edomite inhabitants of Mount Seir who were displaced by the descendants of Esau.

7 appearances2 Bible books2 known aliases

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Pre-Edomite inhabitants of , struck by in Genesis 14 and later displaced by the descendants of . Genesis 36 preserves a detailed genealogy of their chiefs through the Horite. Deuteronomy 2 recalls their dispossession as a parallel to Yahweh's gift of to Israel.

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