Bible Strands
Genesis 36:28
These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator continues the genealogical record of Esau’s descendants, listing family lines within the Edomite territory. This moment occurs mid-listing, immediately after Ezer’s sons and before the Horite chiefs.
The words — The Hebrew בְנֵי־דִישָׁן (benei-Dishan) translates literally as “sons of Dishan,” marking a specific patriarchal branch. The proper names עוּץ (Uz) and אֲרָן (Aran) identify two direct descendants without additional qualification.
The thread — The name Uz appears in Job 1:1 as the land of Job, in Jeremiah 25:20 among the kings of Uz, and in Lamentations 4:21 as the dwelling place of Edom. This verse plants Uz as an early familial and geographic node that later Scripture expands into distinct historical contexts.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge the deliberate preservation of tribal lineages across generations. It asks the reader to trace how these recorded names seed later geopolitical and theological developments without adding narrative embellishment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
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;
- Lamentations 4:21 So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.