The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
Parallel translations
- WEB These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
- BSB These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
- NKJV These were the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
- NASB These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
- NLT The descendants of Dishan were Uz and Aran.
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Quick answer
This names the two sons of Dishan, completing the Horite clans. It closes the genealogy of Seir's descendants.
Overview
Dishan's sons Uz and Aran finish the record of the Horite clans descended from Seir. The land of Uz, possibly linked to this name, later appears as the home of Job (Job 1:1). The genealogy thus quietly connects to the wider world of the patriarchal era.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Job 1:1There 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.
- Lam 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
- Jer 25:20And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
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