Eliphaz

For the figure from the Book of Job, see Eliphaz (Job). For the kibbutz near Eilat, see Elifaz, Israel.

Eliphaz (Hebrew: אֱלִיפַז/אֱלִיפָז "My Elohim is strength", Standard Hebrew Elifaz, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĔlîp̄az / ʾĔlîp̄āz) was the first-born son of Esau by his wife Adah. He had six sons, from which Omar was the firstborn, and the others were Teman, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz and finally Amalek, who was born to his concubine Timna. The people of Amalek was the ancestral enemy of the Israelite people (Book of Exodus Ex 17:16 ; Book of Deuteronomy Deut 25:19).