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Genesis 22:21

in Genesis 22

Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

KJV

Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

This verse in Genesis 22

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Huz - He is supposed to have peopled the land of Uz or Ausitis, in Arabia Deserta, the country of Job. Buz his brother - From this person Elihu the Buzite, one of the friends of Job, is thought to have descended. Kemuel the father of Aram - Kamouel πατερα Συρων, the father of the Syrians, according to the Septuagint. Probably the Kamiletes, a Syrian tribe to the westward of the Euphrates are meant; they are mentioned by Strabo.

This site's exposition

Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor

on Genesis 22:20-22

News from home reaches Abraham straight after the mountain, and Milcah's sons by Nahor are listed by name. Clarke ties Uz to the land where Job lived and Buz to Elihu the Buzite. Gill says the rest are listed for Bethuel's sake.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother,.... The first of these gave name to the land of Uz, where Job dwelt, and who seems to be a descendant of this man, Job 1:1; and from whom sprung the Ausitae of Ptolemy (p), who dwelt near Babylon and by the Euphrates.

A commentator

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

proposed

Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother,.... The first of these gave name to the land of Uz, where Job dwelt, and who seems to be a descendant of this man, Job 1:1; and from whom sprung the Ausitae of Ptolemy (p), who dwelt near Babylon and by the Euphrates.

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • ע֥וּץUz

    ʾutzH57808 times

  • בְּכֹר֖וֹfirstborn his

    bekhoroH1060122 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • בּ֣וּזBuz

    buzH938

  • אָחִ֑יוbrother his

    ʾachivH251630 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • קְמוּאֵ֖לKemuel

    kemuelH7055

  • אֲבִ֥י[the] father of

    ʾaviH11212 times

  • אֲרָֽם׃Aram

    ʾaramH758143 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Job 1:1

    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

    it leads to

    • James 5:11

      See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

    • Ezekiel 14:14

      then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.

    • Ezekiel 14:20

      then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.

    • Job 28:28

      And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

    • Job 2:3

      Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.…

  • Through

    Numbers 23:7

    And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 23:4

      For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Numbers 22:5–6

      he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the…

    • Numbers 24:3

      and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Testing of Abraham's Faith — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Testing of Abraham's Faith — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).