Ebal Obal (ISBE)

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ē´bal ( עיבל , ‛ēbhāl , "bare") or (עובל , ‛ōbhāl ): (1) A people and region of Joktanite, Arabia. See Dillmann, Genesis , and Glaser, Skizze , II, 426. The latter form of the name is that given in Genesis 10:28 , the former in 1 Chronicles 1:22 and in the Sam text of Genesis 10:28 . (2) A son of Shobal, son of Seir, the Horite (Genesis 36:23; 1 Chronicles 1:40 ).