Kemuel

Son of Nahor. (Gen. xx2: 21.) If it be derived from Kum, to arise; and El, God, the sense is, God hath raised.

Kem´uel (assembly of God), third son of Abraham’s brother Nahor, and father of six sons, the first of whom is named Aram, and the last Bethuel (Gen 22:21; Gen 22:23). All these are unknown, except the last, who was the father of Laban and Rebekah (Gen 24:15).

Kem’uel. (congregation of God).

1. The son of Nahor, by Milcah, and father of Aram. Gen 22:21. (B.C. 1925).

2. The son of Shiptan, and prince of the tribe of Ephraim; one of the twelve men appointed by Moses to divide the land of Canaan. Num 34:24,

3. A Levite, father of Hashabiah, prince of the tribe in the reign of David. 1Ch 27:17. (B.C. 1014).

1. Nahor’s son by Milcah, father of Bethuel (Rebekah’s father) and Aram or Ram (Gen 22:21; compare Job 32:2).

2. Num 34:24.

3. 1Ch 27:17.

[Kemu’el]

1. Son of Nahor. Gen 22:21.

2. Son of Shiphtan and a prince of Ephraim. Num 34:24.

3. Levite, father of Hashabiah. 1Ch 27:17.

KEMUEL.—1. The son of Nahor and father of Aram, Gen 22:21 (contrast Gen 10:22, where Aram is son of Shem). 2. The prince of the tribe of Ephraim, one of the twelve commissioners for the dividing of the land (Num 34:24). 3. The father of Hashabaiah, the ruler of the Levites (1Ch 27:17).

kem´ū́-el, kḗ-mū´el (קמוּאל, ḳ^emū’ēl, “God’s mound”):

(1) Nephew of Abraham (Gen 22:21), father of Aram, whom Ewald identifies with Ram of Job 32:2; but compare Gen 10:22, where Aram is described as one of the children of Shem. They may not be the same person.

(2) Prince of Ephraim, one of the land commissioners who divided Canaan (Num 34:24).

(3) A Levite, father of Hashabiah, one of the tribal princes of David’s time, a ruler among the Levites (1Ch 27:17).