1. Aram’s firstborn son and a descendant of Shem (Gn 10:23). In the parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 1:17, Uz is linked directly to Shem without mention of Aram. He is perhaps the forefather of the Aramean nation situated in the Syrian desert regions.→ View encyclopedia entry
2. Firstborn son of Abraham’s brother Nahor by his concubine, Milcah (Gn 22:21).→ View encyclopedia entry
3. Son of Dishan and the grandson of Seir the Horite (Gn 36:28; 1 Chr 1:42).→ View encyclopedia entry