Edom sits just south of the Dead Sea, and in the Bible it is always the brother nation.
On this site Edom keeps returning for another reason too: several pages trace the earliest memory of Yahweh to the southern deserts, to Seir, Teman and Edom.
Chronological Nations and Tribes lists the Edomites as descendants of Esau, living southeast of Israel, and the Horites as the people of Edom before them.
Anakim adds Genesis 14:5-6, where Chedorlaomer and his allies defeat the Horites in the hill country of Edom, as far as El-Paran.
The Book of the Wars of the Lord quotes the answer from Numbers 20:21: "Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border".
The same page sets this beside the scroll Scott Wolter reads in the video Knights Templar Reveals Decoded Jesus Scroll, in which the tribe of Dan is sent to the border of Edom and meets the remnant of the armies that had denied the Israelites entry.
And the nobles of Edom should be amazed!
Edom had its own god.
explains that scholarship often places Yahweh's earliest memory in the southern deserts, in Seir, Edom, Paran and Teman, and mentions Van Der Toorn on Edomite-Midianite worship of Yahweh before Israel.
On "His Asherah", blessings name "Yahweh of Teman and his Asherah", and Teman, meaning "south," likely refers to a region in Edom or southern Judah.
The law was milder toward Edom than toward Moab: The Gerim quotes Deuteronomy 23:8, under which the third generation of an Edomite may enter the assembly.
Lilith appears in Isaiah 34:14 among the night creatures that will haunt the destroyed kingdom of Edom, and the Abraham page mentions Edom's revolt against Judean rule in 2 Kings 8:20-22.
For every page I tagged with Edom, see the Edom tag archive.
In the text he reads, Moses sends 20,000 men of the tribe of Dan to the border of Edom.
In Numbers 20:21 "Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border".
Wolter's Edomites "had denied the Israelites entry into Edom".
Wisdom predicts a covenant between Edom and Israel, a great fort and "a thousand ships".
1 Kings 9:26 places Solomon's navy at Ezion-geber, "on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom".
Jamali, son of Aiser, son of Ashai, and return to the river by the sea of reeds on the border of Edom.
Let none of the sons of Dan set foot upon the land of Edom.
When some distance away off the remnant of the armies of Edom—some 40,000 with 2,000 chariots—that had denied the Israelites entry into Edom saw the host of Dan approaching and prepared for battle.
Then Jamali unto the Edomites: “The goddess Wisdom has commanded us, and we have obeyed, but we set not foot into Edom.”
You could have done this when we asked entry into Edom, but they refused us passage.”
In times to come, the king of Edom shall remember this place and this day, and shall enter into a covenant with Israel, to build a great fort here.
Yahweh of Teman: Teman, meaning "south," likely refers to a region in Edom or southern Judah.
And the nobles of Edom should be amazed!
See Edom.
Horites: Inhabitants of Edom before the Edomites, contemporary with the early patriarchs.
The Bible names several places and metals linked to mining, from the gold of Ophir to the copper of Edom.
Edom lay in what is now southern Jordan, and the Bible counts it as a source of copper.
In Isaiah 34:14 the lilith is one of the night creatures that will haunt the ruins of Edom.
The verse names lilit among the creatures of the ruined land of Edom.
They are traditionally considered to be inhabitants of Edom, a region located in what is now southern Jordan.
These are the chiefs descended from the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.
Genesis 14:5-6 has been read as placing them in the region later known as Edom and Moab in the time of Abraham.
In scholarly reconstruction he is also an ancient Levantine deity: a divine warrior first tied to the southern deserts (Seir, Edom, Paran, Teman) and later to Canaan.
Scholarship often places Yahweh’s earliest memory in the southern deserts: Seir, Edom, Paran, and Teman.
The revolt took place at the same time as Edom revolted against Judean rule (2 Kings 8:20–22).