Early on, the [[Edomites]] or [[Idumeans]], descendants of Esau, peopled the country of Arabia Petrea. Their capital was Mount Seir, whence they expelled the aboriginal [[Pathrusite Nation|Horites]], and succeeded to their possessions.
Two Three grandsons of Esau were Teman , Omar and Amalek.
==Amalekites==
Amalekite are first mentioned in Genesis 14:7. Tim a, the concubine of Eliphaz was an Amalekite and thus named her child with Eliphaz as Amalek. The Amalekites refers to [[Gentile Gnosticism]]. The Amalekites had at least a partial seat at Petra and the country about the head of the Red Sea till near the year 700 B.C., when they were driven thence probably in a southern direction.