Reuel

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The Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary by Robert Hawker (1828)

Son of Esau, (Gen. 36. 4.) The name is from Reuah, friend - - and El, God.

Smith's Bible Dictionary by William Smith (1863) ↑

Re-u’el. (friend of God).

1. One of the sons of Esau, by his wife Bashemath, sister of Ishmael. Gen 36:4; Gen 36:10; Gen 36:13; Gen 36:17; 1Ch 1:36-37. (B.C. about 1790).

2. One of the names of Moses’ father-in-law. Exo 2:18. (B.C. 1530).

3. Father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad, at the time of the census at Sinai. Num 2:14. (B.C. 1490).

4. A Benjamite, ancestor of Elah. 1Ch 9:8.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary by Andrew Robert Fausset (1878) ↑

(See RAGUEL.)

1. Gen 36:4; Gen 36:10; Gen 36:13; Gen 36:17.

2. The father-in-law of Moses, Zipporah’s father (Exo 2:18). (See HOBAB.)

3. Num 2:14. DEUEL in Num 1:14; Num 7:42.

4. 1Ch 9:8.

New and Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish (1899) ↑

[Reu’el]

1. Son of Esau by his wife Bashemath. Gen 36:4; Gen 36:10; Gen 36:13; Gen 36:17; 1Ch 1:35; 1Ch 1:37.

2. Priest of Midian and father or grandfather of Zipporah, Moses’ wife. Exo 2:18. Called RAGUEL in Num 10:29. See JETHRO.

3. Father of Eliasaph, the captain or prince of Gad. Num 2:14. Called DEUEL in Num 1:14, etc.

4. Son of Ibnijah, a Benjamite. 1Ch 9:8.

Jewish Encyclopedia by Isidore Singer (ed.) (1906) ↑

See JETHRO ( reuel ; Jether [ reuel ] in Ex. iv. 18).

Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (1909) ↑

REUEL.—1. A son of Esau (Gen 36:4; Gen 36:10; Gen 36:13; Gen 36:17, 1Ch 1:35; 1Ch 1:37). 2. Exo 2:18, Num 10:29 (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] in the latter Raguel). See Hobab and Jethro. 3. The father of Eliasaph (Num 2:14; called [probably by mistaking r for d] Deuel in Num 1:14; Num 7:42; Num 7:47; Num 10:20). 4. A Benjamite (1Ch 9:8).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by James Orr (ed.) (1915) ↑

rōō´el (רעוּאל, r^e‛ū’ēl, “God is his friend”; the Septuagint Ῥαγουήλ, Rhagouḗl):

(1) In the genealogical system Reuel is both a son of Esau by Basemath (Gen 36:4, Gen 36:10, Gen 36:13, Gen 36:17; 1Ch 1:35, 1Ch 1:37) and the father of the father-in-law of Moses, Hobab (Num 10:29). In the account of the marriage of Zipporah to Moses (Exo 2:16-21) Jethro seems to be called Reuel (compare HOBAB). The various names of Jethro perplexed the Talmudists, too; some held that his real name was “Hobab,” and that Reuel was his father. Reuel is probably a clan name (Gray, “Nu,” ICC), and Hobab is a member of the clan (“son”) of Reuel (Num 10:29, the King James Version reads “Raguel”).

(2) The father of Eliasaph, the prince of Gad (Num 2:14), called (by some copyist’s mistake) “Deuel” in Num 1:14; Num 7:42, Num 7:47; Num 10:20. The Septuagint has uniformly Rhagouēl.

(3) A Benjamite (1Ch 9:8).