All Topics  
Eliphaz

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Eliphaz
 
 
  Topics Eliphaz Topic Home

Eliphaz ( "My God
Elohim

Elohim is a Hebrew language word which expresses concepts of divinity. It is apparently related to the Hebrew word El , though morphology it consists of the Hebrew word Eloah with a plural suffix....
 is strength", Standard Hebrew Elifaz, Tiberian Hebrew ?Elîp¯az / ?Elîp¯az) was the first-born son of Esau
Esau

Esau is the brother of Jacob -- the patriarch and founder of the Israelites -- in the Hebrew Bible Book of Genesis. Esau was the oldest son of Isaac and Rebekah and the grandson of Abraham....
 by his wife Adah
Adah

Adah may refer to:* Adah, one of several List of minor Biblical figures#Adahs.* Adah, Pennsylvania.* Adah Isaacs Menken.* Adah Belle Thoms....
. He had six sons, one of whom was Amalek
Amalek

According to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, Amalek was the son of Eliphaz and the grandson of Esau ; the chief of an Edomites tribe ....
, born to his concubine Timna, who was the ancestral enemy of the Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
ite people (Exodus
Exodus

Exodus is the second book of the Jewish Torah and of the Christian Old Testament. It tells how Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness to the Mountain of God Sinai....
 17:16; Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible and of the Old Testament. In form it is a set of three sermons delivered by Moses reviewing the previous forty years of wandering in the wilderness; its central element is a detailed law-code by which the Children of Israel are to live in the Promised Land....
 25:19).

The Midrash
Midrash

Midrash is a Hebrew language term referring to the not exact, but comparative method of exegesis of Biblical texts, which is one of four methods cumulatively called Pardes ....
 relates that when Jacob
Jacob

According to the Hebrew Bible, Jacob , also known as Israel , was the third Biblical patriarchs and the ancestor of the twelve Israelites....
 escaped from Esau and fled to his uncle Laban
Laban

Laban may refer to:* Laban , a character in the Book of Genesis.* Laban , a character in The Book of Mormon.* Laban , a 1980s Eurodance duo....
 in Haran
Haran

In the Bible, Haran is the name of two men and of a place. Though usually spelled identically in English language, they are not in Hebrew language....
, Esau sent Eliphaz to pursue and kill Jacob.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Eliphaz'
Start a new discussion about 'Eliphaz'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Eliphaz ( "My God
Elohim

Elohim is a Hebrew language word which expresses concepts of divinity. It is apparently related to the Hebrew word El , though morphology it consists of the Hebrew word Eloah with a plural suffix....
 is strength", Standard Hebrew Elifaz, Tiberian Hebrew ?Elîp¯az / ?Elîp¯az) was the first-born son of Esau
Esau

Esau is the brother of Jacob -- the patriarch and founder of the Israelites -- in the Hebrew Bible Book of Genesis. Esau was the oldest son of Isaac and Rebekah and the grandson of Abraham....
 by his wife Adah
Adah

Adah may refer to:* Adah, one of several List of minor Biblical figures#Adahs.* Adah, Pennsylvania.* Adah Isaacs Menken.* Adah Belle Thoms....
. He had six sons, one of whom was Amalek
Amalek

According to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, Amalek was the son of Eliphaz and the grandson of Esau ; the chief of an Edomites tribe ....
, born to his concubine Timna, who was the ancestral enemy of the Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
ite people (Exodus
Exodus

Exodus is the second book of the Jewish Torah and of the Christian Old Testament. It tells how Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness to the Mountain of God Sinai....
 17:16; Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible and of the Old Testament. In form it is a set of three sermons delivered by Moses reviewing the previous forty years of wandering in the wilderness; its central element is a detailed law-code by which the Children of Israel are to live in the Promised Land....
 25:19).

The Midrash
Midrash

Midrash is a Hebrew language term referring to the not exact, but comparative method of exegesis of Biblical texts, which is one of four methods cumulatively called Pardes ....
 relates that when Jacob
Jacob

According to the Hebrew Bible, Jacob , also known as Israel , was the third Biblical patriarchs and the ancestor of the twelve Israelites....
 escaped from Esau and fled to his uncle Laban
Laban

Laban may refer to:* Laban , a character in the Book of Genesis.* Laban , a character in The Book of Mormon.* Laban , a 1980s Eurodance duo....
 in Haran
Haran

In the Bible, Haran is the name of two men and of a place. Though usually spelled identically in English language, they are not in Hebrew language....
, Esau sent Eliphaz to pursue and kill Jacob. When they met Jacob implored Eliphaz not to kill him, but Eliphaz challenged that he had his father's instructions to fulfill. Jacob gave everything he had with him to Eliphaz and said, "A poor person is as good as dead." Eliphaz was satisfied and left his uncle naked and penniless, but still alive.