Uz

First named: Job 1:1

Region Canaan Israel Patriarchal

Location uncertain: Scholars propose locations in Edom or the Arabian desert east of Canaan, but the text does not fix a precise location.

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The homeland of Job, described as "the greatest of all the men of the east" before his sudden loss of family, wealth, and health became the subject of the book that bears his name (Job 1:1-3). Its location is not certain, though Lamentations 4:21 associates the name loosely with Edom.

References: Job 1:1; Lamentations 4:21

People connected to Uz

Elihu (M) — the young man who rebuked Job and his three friends before the LORD spoke
Job 32:2-6
Jemimah (F) — the eldest of Job's daughters, born after the LORD restored him here
Job 42:14
Job (M) — the blameless man of this land who lost everything and was restored twofold
Job 1:1-3; Job 42:10-12
Keren-happuch (F) — the youngest of Job's daughters, born after the LORD restored him here
Job 42:14
Keziah (F) — the second of Job's daughters, born after the LORD restored him here
Job 42:14

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