Genesis 22 · Verse 21

Genesis 22:21

Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
Genesis 22:21, King James Version

Genesis 22:21 in other translations

BSBUz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
WEBUz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
ASVUz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
YLTHuz his first-born, and Buz his brother; and Kemuel father of Aram,
DARBYUz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
BBEUz the oldest, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel, the father of Aram,
WebsterHuz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

What does Genesis 22:21 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 Huz - He is supposed to have peopled the land of Uz or Ausitis, in Arabia Deserta, the country of Job. Buz his brother - From this person Elihu the Buzite, one of the friends of Job, is thought to have descended. Kemuel the father of Aram - Kamouel πατερα Συρων, the father of the Syrians, according to the Septuagint. Probably the Kamiletes, a Syrian tribe to the westward of the Euphrates are meant; they are mentioned by Strabo.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 22:20-24

This chapter ends with some account of Nahor's family, who had settled at Haran. This seems to be given for the connexion which it had with the church of God. From thence Isaac and Jacob took wives; and before the account of those events this list is recorded. It shows that though Abraham saw his own family highly honoured with privileges, admitted into covenant, and blessed with the assurance of the promise, yet he…

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Genesis 22:21 in the original Hebrew

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אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
ע֥וּץ'utzUzH5780
בְּכֹר֖וֹbe.kho.Rofirstborn hisH1060
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בּ֣וּזbuzBuzH938
אָחִ֑יו'a.Chivbrother hisH251
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
קְמוּאֵ֖לke.mu.'ElKemuelH7055
אֲבִ֥י'a.Vi[the] father ofH1
אֲרָֽם\׃'a.RamAramH758

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 22:21

  • Job 1:1

    There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

  • Psalms 60:1-12

    To the chief Musician upon Shushan–eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram–naharaim and with Aram–zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. …

  • Job 32:2

    Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

  • Genesis 24:10

    And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

  • Numbers 23:7

    And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Huz.
Job 1:1
Uz. Buz.
Job 32:2
Kemuel.Kemuel might have given name to the Kamilites, a people of Syria, mentioned by Strabo, to the west of the Euphrates.
Aram. Syrians.
24:10; Nu 23:7; Ps 60:1; *title
Ps 60:2-12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 22:20

    And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

  • Genesis 22:21

    Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

  • Genesis 22:22

    And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

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Genesis 22:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		A Huz su primogénito, y á Buz su hermano, y á Kemuel padre de Aram,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Uts, son premier-né; et Buz, son frère; et Kemuel, père d’Aram;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Uz, seinen Erstgeborenen, und Bus, seinen Bruder, und Kemuel, den Vater Arams,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hus primogenitum, et Buz fratrem ejus, et Camuel patrem Syrorum,