Genesis 22:21

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Hus primogenitum, et Buz fratrem ejus, et Camuel patrem Syrorum,

Hebrew

English

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

Uz may have been an ancestor of Job (Job 1:1).

A report came from the east that Abraham’s brother Nahor (see 11:27–29) was doing well. The people in the next part of the story are introduced here.

Theme notes and profiles

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.
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
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 denounce Israel!’
Job 32:2
This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,
Psalm 60:1–12
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

Aram: Son of Kemuel, nephew of Abraham Buz: Son of Nahor, Abraham's brother Kemuel: A son of Nahor and Milcah Uz: Son of Nahor, Abraham's brother