Genesis 22:21

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

Genesis 22:21 in Other Translations

KJV
21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
ESV
21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
NLT
21 The oldest was named Uz, the next oldest was Buz, followed by Kemuel (the ancestor of the Arameans),
MSG
21 Uz, his firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (he was the father of Aram),
CSB
21 Uz his firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel the father of Aram,

Genesis 22:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 22:21

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 F16, who dwelt near Babylon and by the Euphrates. The latter, was the father of the Buzites, of which family Elihu was, that interposed between Job and his friends, ( Job 32:2 ) : and Kemuel the father of Aram;
not that Aram from whom the Syrians are denominated Arameans, he was the son of Shem, ( Genesis 10:22 ) , but one who perhaps was so called from dwelling among them, as Jacob is, called a Syrian, ( Deuteronomy 26:5 ) , or he had this name given him in memory and honour of the more ancient Aram: from this Kemuel might come the Camelites, of which there were two sorts mentioned by Strabo F17, and who dwelt to the right of the river Euphrates, about three days' journey from it.


FOOTNOTES:

F16 Geograph. l. 5. c. 19.
F17 Geograph. l. 16. p. 515.

Genesis 22:21 In-Context

19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.
20 Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:
21 Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
22 Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel.”
23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Genesis 10:23
  • 2. Job 32:2; Jeremiah 25:23
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