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Person Old Testament

Korah

Korah, an Edomite chief, descendant of Eliphaz, son of Esau. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Genesis 36:16.

Why it matters. Edomite chief, descendant of Eliphaz

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Korah

Korah was an Edomite chief, a descendant of Eliphaz, the son of Esau (Gen.36.16). He was one of the clan leaders of Edom.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Eliphaz

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.