Edomites

Biblical

Chronological Nations and Tribes

Edomites: Descendants of Esau, living southeast of Israel, contemporary with the Israelites.

Horites: Inhabitants of Edom before the Edomites, contemporary with the early patriarchs.

Mauro Biglino

The Laws for Humans

Biglino notes that this aligns with the general view he has been presenting for years: that a group of Elohim gave various populations—Moabites, Ammonites, Amalekites, Edomites, and Israelites—a series of rules and regulations, which also included practical teachings such as metallurgy.

Horites

Genesis 36:20-30: This chapter provides a genealogy of Esau, who is described as the father of the Edomites.

It includes a list of Horite chiefs, suggesting that the Horites were integrated into Edomite society.

Deuteronomy 2:12: This passage recounts how the Edomites, descended from Esau, lived in the land of Seir before displacing the Horites.

Elohim

Yahweh YHWH – The Lord God

Van Der Toorn concludes: "By the 14th century BC, before the cult of Yahweh had reached Israel, groups of Edomites and Midianites worshipped Yahweh as their god."