- verses
- 2
- first named
- Job 32:2
- last named
- Job 32:6
Description
Buzites in the text
The Buzites were a clan or tribe descended from Buz, the son of Nahor, who was Abraham's brother (Gen. 22:21). They are mentioned in the book of Job as the people from whom Elihu, one of Job's friends, came (Job.32.2, 6). Elihu is described as "the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram" (Job.32.2). The Buzites likely lived in a region east of the Jordan River, as they are associated with the land of Uz (Jer. Job.25.23). Elihu's presence in the story of Job suggests that the Buzites maintained a belief in the God of Abraham and participated in theological discussions. The mention of the Buzites in the book of Job highlights the interaction between different clans and the shared religious heritage among the descendants of Abraham's extended family.
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Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 1 book.
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