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Buz (I)

I. BUZ, the Son of Nahor and Milcah, and Brother to Huz, Genes. xii. 21. Elihu one of Job’s friends was descended from Buz the Son of Nahor. The Scripture calls him the Aramean or Syrian; Elihu the Jebusite of the kindred of Ram. Ram is put Jerem. xxv. 23.for Aram. The Prophet Jeremiah threatens the Buzites with the effects of God’s wrath. They dwelt in Arabia deserta.

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