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A Connection to Job
Commentators consistently identify Uz, the first son of Aram, as the namesake for the "land of Uz," the setting for the book of Job. This connects the genealogical list in Genesis to the famous story of Job's suffering and faithfulness, placing his homeland in the region of northern Arabia.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 10:21–32
18th Century
Theologian
21. אבר 'eber — “Eber, yonder side; verb: pass, cross.”
22. עילם 'eylām — “Elam.” עוּל ‛ûl<…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 10:21–23
19th Century
Bishop
shem ... the brother of Japheth the elder. —Really, the elder brother of Japheth. Though the rules of Hebrew grammar will…
John Gill
On Genesis 10:23
17th Century
Pastor
And the children of Aram
The four following persons are called the sons of Shem, (1 Chronicles 1:17) bei…
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Matthew Henry
On Genesis 10:15–32
17th Century
Minister
The descendants of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly situated; yet Canaan was under a divine curse, and not a curse without cause. Those w…