In
Genesis 36:39, Pau (or Pai 1 Chronicles 1:50) or is the name of an
Edomite
Edom (; Edomite language, Edomite: ; he, Wiktionary:אדום, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian language, Akkadian: , ; Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan (region), Transjordan, located between ...
city. It was the capital of the Edomite king
Hadar. Some Biblical scholars identify Pau as an Egyptian city, based on the fact that Hadar's wife is named as an Egyptian.
Edom
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