Person
Zavan
son of Ezer
A Horite chief listed as a son of Ezer in the Edomite genealogies of Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1.
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Zavan (also spelled ) is listed in 1 Chronicles 1 as a son of Ezer, a chief among the clans who were the original inhabitants of the hill country of . The same individual appears under the spelling Zaavan in Genesis 36. The Horites are catalogued as the people through whom 's descendants took the land that became Edom, and their chieftains are preserved in these genealogical tables. No narrative about Zavan himself is given beyond his membership in the clan lists.
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