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Padan (also called Padanaram)
     An area in Mesopotamia. The city of Haran is located in there. (chapter 28)

Padanaram (also called Padan)
     An area in Mesopotamia. The city of Haran is located in there. (chapter 28)

Pai (also called Pau)
     The capital city of the kingdom of Edom when Hadar was its king. (36:39)

Pallu (also called Phallu)
     A son of Reuben. He was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-9)

Paran
     A wilderness. Hagar and Ishmael lived there after they were banished by Abraham. (21:21)

Pau (also called Pai)
     The capital city of the kingdom of Edom when Hadar was its king. (36:39)

Peleg
     A son of Eber. (10:25; 11:16-17) He lived 239 years. At age 30, he had a son named Reu. Then he had other sons and daughters. (11:18-19)

Peniel (also called Penuel)
     The name that Jacob gave to the place where he wrestled with an angel. (32:30-31)

Penuel (also called Peniel)
     The name that Jacob gave to the place where he wrestled with an angel. (32:30-31)

Perez (also called Pharez)
     One of the twin sons of Judah by his ex-daughter-in-law Tamar. (38:29) He became the father of Hezron and Hamul. Perez, Hezron, and Hamul were of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,12)

Perizzites
     A nomadic people who lived in the land of Canaan. (13:7; 15:20)

Phallu (also called Pallu)
     A son of Reuben. He was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-9)

Pharez (also called Perez)
     One of the twins that were the sons of Judah by his ex-daughter-in-law Tamar. (38:29) He became the father of Hezron and Hamul. Perez, Hezron, and Hamul were of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,12)

Phicol
     The general of the army of Abimelech (the Philistine king of Gerar). 21:22,32; 26:26)

Philistim
     A child of Casluhim. (10:14)

Philistines
     A tribe that lived in the city of Gerar. (chapter 26)

Pildash
     A son of Nahor (Abraham's brother) by his wife Milcah. (22:20-23)

Pinon
     A chief of Edom. (36:41)

Pishon (also called Pison)
     One of the four rivers that came out of the river that flowed out of the Garden of Eden. It encompassed the land of Havilah, where there was gold. (2:11)

Pison (also called Pishon)
     One of the four rivers that came out of the river that flowed out of the Garden of Eden. It encompassed the land of Havilah, where there was gold. (2:11)

Potiphar
     The captain of the guard under the pharaoh of Egypt. (37:36; 39:1) He bought Joseph as a slave. (also 37:36; 39:1) Joseph served Potiphar, and did a good job. Potiphar soon made Joseph the overseer of the house. Then Potiphar's wife seduced Joseph. Joseph declined her. The wife falsely accused Joseph of rape. Potiphar believed his wife, and Joseph was put in prison. (chapter 39)
     There is a discrepancy as to whom he bought Joseph from. 37:36 says that he bought Joseph from the Midianites. But later, 39:1 says that he bought him from the Ishmaelites.

Potiphera (also called Potipherah)
     Joseph's father-in-law. He was the priest of the temple in the city of On. His daughter Asenath was given by the pharaoh to Joseph as a wife. (41:45,50; 46:20)

Potipherah (also called Potiphera)
     Joseph's father-in-law. He was the priest of the temple in the city of On. His daughter Asenath was given by the pharaoh to Joseph as a wife. (41:45,50; 46:20)

Put
     A son of Ham. (10:6)

Puvah
     A son of Issachar. He was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,13)


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