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Fertile land.
(1.) The son of Aram, and grandson of Shem (Genesis 10:23; 1 Chronicles 1:17).
(2.) One of the Horite "dukes" in the land of Edom (Genesis 36:28).
(3.) The eldest son of Nahor, Abraham's brother (Genesis 22:21, R.V.).
Uz, The land of
Where Job lived (1:1; Jeremiah 25:20; Lamentations 4:21), probably somewhere to the east or south-east of Palestine and north of Edom. It is mentioned in Scripture only in these three passages.
