Are the Kenites and Edomites the lost tribes of Jews?

Answer by  tcat (769)

I do not believe that the kenites and edomites are the lost tribes of the jews. Juda was one tribe and broke off from the other tribes of Israel. And some of those are the lost tribes of Israel. Infact their where 12 tribes of Israel which came from the sons of Jacob, but none of those are Kenites .

Answer by  tamkees (3203)

They're lost tribes, but nomadic clans that had ties to the Israelites. Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, was a Kenite, and Edomites are thought to be ancestors of Isaac's son Esau.

Answer by  spicykissa (201)

No. The Kenites were a different clan than that of the Israelites, who would become the Jews, that Moses may have come in contact with in the desert. Edomites were descendants of Esau, while Jews were descendants of his brother, Jacob--they and the Jews were enemy nations.