- verses
- 2
- first named
- Genesis 36:40
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 1:51
- period
- the Patriarchs
- tribe
- Edom
Description
Who was Alvah?
Alvah is mentioned in the genealogies of Esau, the son of Isaac and the brother of Israel (or 'Jacob'), who became the ancestor of the Edomites. He is listed as one of the chiefs of Edom, descended from Esau through his son Eliphaz. (Gen.36.40; 1Ch.1.51)
The genealogy in Genesis 36 and 1Chronicles 1 traces the descendants of Esau and their settlement in the region of Seir, which later became known as Edom. It provides a record of the chiefs and clans that emerged from Esau's lineage.
Apart from being listed as an Edomite chief, no further details are provided about Alvah's life, his role within the clan, or any significant events associated with him.
The mention of Alvah in the genealogies serves to document the growth and organization of the Edomite people, who became a significant nation in the region. It also highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that his descendants, including those through Esau, would become great nations.
Relations
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Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
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A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.
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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.
Genesis1 verse
1 Chronicles1 verse
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Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
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