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Uz.


1. Son of Aram, a son of Shem. Gen. 10: 23; 1 Chr. 1: 17.


2. Son of Dishan, a son of Seir. Gen. 36: 28; 1 Chr. 1: 42.


3 . The native land of Job, perhaps the district peopled by the descendants of one of the above, or of Huz the son of Nahor. Job 1: 1; Jer. 25: 20; Lam. 4: 21. It is supposed to have been in the south- east of Palestine towards Arabia Deserta, which would lie open to attacks from the Sabeans and the Chaldeans.