Encyclopedia of The Bible – Gatam
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Gatam

GATAM (גַּעְתָּ֖ם, perhaps meaning burnt valley, Gen 36:11, 16; 1 Chron 1:36). In the genealogy of Abraham’s descendants through Sarah, he was the fourth son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, and an Edomite clan chief.