1. Amalek was a grandson of Esau; thus his descendants would be related to the Edomites:
“Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah... Korah, Gatam and Amalek... the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom” (Genesis 36:12,16).
2. Probably an earlier reference to the Amalekites was simply a reference to the country which they later inhabited, since of course they did not exist as a nation at all during the time of Abraham:
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Author: George Booker
Keywords: Amalek, Amalekites
Bible reference(s): Genesis 14:7, Genesis 36:12, Genesis 36:16, Exodus 17:8, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Exodus 17:11, Exodus 17:13, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 17:16, Numbers 13:29, Numbers 14:25, Numbers 14:43, Numbers 14:45, Numbers 24:20, Deuteronomy 25:17, Deuteronomy 25:19, Judges 3:13, Judges 6:3, Judges 6:33, Judges 7:12, Judges 10:12, Judges 12:15, 1 Samuel 14:48, 1 Samuel 15:2, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:5, 1 Samuel 15:6, 1 Samuel 15:7, 1 Samuel 15:8, 1 Samuel 15:15, 1 Samuel 15:18, 1 Samuel 15:20, 1 Samuel 15:32, 1 Samuel 27:8, 1 Samuel 28:18, 1 Samuel 30:1, 1 Samuel 30:13, 1 Samuel 30:18, 2 Samuel 1:1, 2 Samuel 1:8, 2 Samuel 1:13, 2 Samuel 8:12, 1 Chronicles 1:36, 1 Chronicles 4:43, 1 Chronicles 18:11, Psalms 83:7, Rev. 20:7-8
Source: “Amalek,” The Agora.
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