Keraia
Glossary

Reuel

  1. The son of Esau by his wife Basemath, and the father of four sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah (Genesis 36:4, 10–17).

  2. A priest of Midian who gave his daughter to Moses for a wife. He is perhaps the same person as #1 above, and identical to Jethro (Exodus 2:18; compare Exodus 3:1). He is also called Raguel in Numbers 10:29 in the King James Version. See Jethro.

  3. An alternate spelling of Deuel, Eliasaph’s father, in Numbers 2:14. See Deuel.

  4. An ancestor of Meshullam in Benjamin’s tribe (1 Chronicles 9:8).

People and places

Reuel: Son of Esau and Basemath, a chief of Edom Jethro: Moses' father-in-law, priest of Midian Deuel: Father of Eliasaph, leader of the tribe of Gad Reuel: A Benjamite, son of Ibnijah