Person Old Testament
Uz
Uz, son of Aram and grandson of Shem, was an early Semitic patriarch. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 10:23.
Why it matters. Son of Aram, grandson of Shem
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Uz
Uz was the son of Aram and grandson of Shem, son of Noah. He is mentioned twice in the Table of Nations which records the descendants of Noah's sons who spread out and populated the earth after the flood. Uz was an early post-flood patriarch whose descendants likely settled in the region that bore his name, the land of Uz. This area was probably located east of the Jordan River in what is now northern Saudi Arabia. The Book of Job identifies the land of Uz as Job's homeland. Uz's mention helps trace the Semitic peoples descended from Shem.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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- Aram
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.