The Horites, were a people mentioned in the Torah inhabiting areas around Mount Seir in Canaan.

What does horite mean in Hebrew?

1 : a cave-dwelling people of the biblical period prior to the time of Abraham that inhabited the Dead sea region of the eastern Mediterranean.

Who are the horites descendants of?

Hebrew Bible (Old Testament in the Christian Bible)

Later, according to Genesis 36, the Horites co-existed and inter-married with the family of Esau, grandson of Abraham through Isaac (Genesis 25:21-25). They were eventually brought under the rule of the descendants of Esau, also then known as Edom.