Person
Aran
Edomite chief
Son of Dishan in the Horite genealogy of Seir, listed among the clan leaders of pre-Edomite Seir.
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Aran was one of the sons of Dishan (or Dishon), a descendant of the , listed in the genealogical catalogues of Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1. His name appears in the inventory of Horite chiefs and clans who inhabited the region later known as Edom before the . Beyond the genealogical entry, no further narrative is attached to him in the biblical text.
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