Person Old Testament
Korah
Korah, son of Esau and Oholibamah Mentioned in 4 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 36:5.
Why it matters. Son of Esau
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Korah
Korah was a son of Esau and his wife Oholibamah (Gen.36.5, 18; 1Ch.1.35). He was born in Canaan before Esau moved his family to Seir (Gen.36.5-8). Korah was a grandson of Zibeon the Hivite (Gen.36.14). He became one of the chiefs of Edom (Gen.36.18).
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
- EsauOholibamah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 4 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.