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Reuel

An Edomite, in the time of the Patriarchs · Edom · named in 6 verses

the name means friend of God Strong's Lexicon

Reuel was a son of Esau and Basemath, and he became a chief in the land of Edom.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Friend of God. (1.) A son of Esau and Bashemath (Gen. 36:4, 10; 1 Chr. 1:35).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Esau, Mahalath
Siblings Eliphaz, Jalam, Jeush, Korah

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Genesis 36:4.

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Verses that name Reuel