Amalek in Biblical History

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Who is Amalek?
AM'ALEK
(dweller in a valley), the son of Eliphaz, and grandson of Esau, chieftain or "duke" of Edom. Gen 36:16. The Amalekites were not named from him, for they existed long before. Gen 14:7. Arabian tradition makes him the son of Ham.

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