Uz.

1. Son of Aram, a son of Shem. Genesis 10:23; 1 Chronicles 1:1.

2. Son of Dishan, a son of Seir. Genesis 36:28; 1 Chronicles 1:1.

3. The native land of Job, perhaps the district peopled by the descendants of one of the above, or of Huz the son of Nahor. Job 1:1; Jeremiah 25:20; Lamentations 4:21. It is supposed to have been in the south-east of Palestine towards Arabia Deserta, which would lie open to attacks from the Sabeans and the Chaldeans.


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