Edomite living at the time of the Patriarchs
The Horites were a people group who inhabited the region of Seir before the Edomites.
🗺 Places mentioned alongside Hori on the map →
Also known as Horite · Horims
The Horites were a people group mentioned in the Bible who inhabited the region of Seir, also known as Edom, before the descendants of Esau (the Edomites) settled there. They are first mentioned in Gen.14.6, where they are described as living in the hill country of Seir.
In Genesis 36, the Horites are listed among the descendants of Seir the Horite (Gen.36.20-21, 29-30). This genealogy suggests that the Horites were a distinct people group with their own clans and leaders.
According to Deu.2.12 and Deu.2.22, the Horites previously lived in Seir but were later dispossessed by the descendants of Esau. This indicates that the Edomites conquered or absorbed the Horite population as they established themselves in the region.
The Horites are also mentioned in 1Ch.1.39, which parallels the genealogy found in Genesis 36.
Although little is known about the Horite culture and society, their mention in the Bible provides insight into the various people groups that inhabited the region of Seir before the Israelites and the Edomites. It also demonstrates the fulfillment of God's promise to give the land to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (or 'Jacob'), even as other nations were displaced.
More background: search Wikipedia ↗
9 verses in 3 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H2753
and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.
The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Timna was Lotanʼs sister.
These are the chiefs of the Horites: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their divisions in the land of Seir.
The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotanʼs sister.
Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.