In the chronology of Edomite kings in Genesis 36, Bela ben Beor is the first of the apparently elective kings. The time and, indeed, historiocity of reign are unknown. Edom (אֱדוֹם, Standard Hebrew Edom, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĔḏôm) sounds like the Biblical Hebrew word for red and is a vividly apposite designation for the red sandstones of Edom. ... Genesis (Greek: Γένεσις, having the meanings of birth, creation, cause, beginning, source and origin) is the first book of the Torah (five books of Moses) and hence the first book of the Tanakh, part of the Hebrew Bible; it is also the first book of the Christian Old Testament. ... An elective monarchy is a monarchy whose reigning king or queen is elected in some form. ...