Timna

Role: concubine of Eliphaz; mother of Amalek · First appears: The Descendants Of Esau

Timna was a princess of royal blood who asked to be received into the faith of Abraham and his family, but Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob rejected her. She said, “Rather will I be a maid servant unto the dregs of this nation, than mistress of another nation,” and became the concubine of Eliphaz. She became the mother of Amalek, who inflicted great injury upon Israel.

Relationship record

Life events

• Timna became Eliphaz's concubine and the mother of Amalek.(The Descendants Of Esau)
  • With: Eliphaz Amalek
  • “The concubine of Eliphaz was Timna, a princess of royal blood, who had asked to be received into the faith of Abraham and his family, but they all, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, had rejected her, and she said, ‘Rather will I be a maid servant unto the dregs of this nation, than mistress of another nation,’ and so she was willing to be concubine to Eliphaz. To punish the Patriarchs for the affront they had offered her, she was made the mother of Amalek, who inflicted great injury upon Israel.”

The Descendants Of Esau

• consort: Eliphaz “The concubine of Eliphaz was Timna, a princess of royal blood, who had asked to be received into the faith of Abraham and his family, but they all, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, had rejected her, and she said, ‘Rather will I be a maid servant unto the dregs of this nation, than mistress of another nation,’ and so she was willing to be concubine to Eliphaz.”
• child: Amalek “To punish the Patriarchs for the affront they had offered her, she was made the mother of Amalek, who inflicted great injury upon Israel.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.