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Person Old Testament

Uzai

Uzai was the father of Palal, who helped repair Jerusalem's wall. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 3:25.

Why it matters. Father of Palal, who repaired Jerusalem's wall

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Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Uzai

Uzai is mentioned only as the father of Palal, who was one of the people responsible for repairing a section of Jerusalem's wall during the time of Nehemiah. Palal repaired the section next to Pedaiah son of Parosh.

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.

Children
Palal

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • Nehemiah (1 verse)

    3:25

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