Bible Strands
Genesis 10:23
The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records a genealogical entry within the Table of Nations, listing the descendants of Aram immediately after enumerating Shem’s sons.
The words — The Hebrew phrase וּבְנֵי אֲרָם (u./ve.Nei 'a.Ram) translates literally as "and the sons of Aram," introducing a four-part lineage.
The thread — This list establishes Uz as a known ancestral territory, later identified as Job’s homeland (Job 1:1) and grouped with neighboring kingdoms in prophetic judgment (Jeremiah 25:20).
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of how unadorned tribal genealogies create the historical and geographical framework for later biblical narrative and prophecy.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Jeremiah 25:20 all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;