2 others in the registry answer to the name Nahath. Every Nahath in the Bible
- verses
- 3
- first named
- Genesis 36:13
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 1:37
- period
- the Patriarchs
- tribe
- Edom
Description
Who was Nahath?
Nahath is mentioned in Gen.36.13,17 and 1Ch.1.37 as one of the descendants of Esau and a chief of Edom. He was the son of Reuel, who was one of Esau's sons by his wife Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael.
The genealogical records in these passages provide insight into the family lines of Esau, who was the brother of Israel (or 'Jacob') and the ancestor of the Edomites. Esau settled in the region of Seir, south of the Dead Sea, and his descendants became the rulers and chiefs of Edom.
As a chief of Edom, Nahath would have held a position of authority and leadership within the Edomite tribal structure. The chiefs of Edom were likely responsible for governing their respective clans, making decisions on behalf of their people, and representing their interests in dealings with other tribes or nations.
Apart from being listed in these genealogies, no additional information is provided about Nahath's life, character, or specific actions. His inclusion in the record serves to highlight the development and growth of Esau's descendants into a significant nation, as well as to provide a historical context for the relationship between the Israelites and the Edomites.
Relations
Direct connections
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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Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Nahath is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
3 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in Genesis (2) and 1 Chronicles (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 3, across 2 books.
Genesis2 verses
1 Chronicles1 verse
Onward
Where this page goes
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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