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<p> <strong> REUEL </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . A son of [[Esau]] ( [[Genesis]] 36:4; Genesis 36:10; Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:17 , 1 Chronicles 1:35; 1 Chronicles 1:37 ). <strong> 2 </strong> . Exodus 2:18 , Numbers 10:29 (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] in the latter <strong> [[Raguel]] </strong> ). See [[Hobab]] and Jethro. <strong> 3 </strong> . The father of [[Eliasaph]] ( Numbers 2:14; called [probably by mistaking <em> r </em> for <em> d </em> ] <strong> [[Deuel]] </strong> in Numbers 1:14; Numbers 7:42; Numbers 7:47; Numbers 10:20 ). <strong> 4 </strong> . A [[Benjamite]] ( 1 Chronicles 9:8 ). </p>

<p> Re-u'el. (friend of God). </p> <p> 1. One of the sons of Esau, by his wife Bashemath, sister of Ishmael. [[Genesis]] 36:4; Genesis 36:10; Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:17; 1 Chronicles 1:36-37. (B.C. about 1790). </p> <p> 2. One of the names of Moses' father-in-law. Exodus 2:18. (B.C. 1530). </p> <p> 3. Father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad, at the time of the census at Sinai. Numbers 2:14. (B.C. 1490). </p> <p> 4. A Benjamite, ancestor of Elah. 1 Chronicles 9:8. </p>

[[Genesis]] 36:436:1036:1336:171 Chronicles 1:372Exodus 2:18 Numbers 10:29 Exodus 2:16Exodus 3:1Judges 1:16Judges 4:11Numbers 2:1441 Chronicles 9:8

<p> 1. [[Son]] of [[Esau]] by his wife Bashemath. [[Genesis]] 36:4,10,13,17; 1 Chronicles 1:35,37 . </p> <p> 2. [[Priest]] of [[Midian]] and father or grandfather of Zipporah, Moses' wife. Exodus 2:18 . Called RAGUEL in Numbers 10:29 . See JETHRO. </p> <p> 3. Father of Eliasaph, the captain or prince of Gad. Numbers 2:14 . Called DEUEL in Numbers 1:14 , etc. </p> <p> 4. Son of Ibnijah, a Benjamite. 1 Chronicles 9:8 . </p>

<p> (See RAGUEL.) </p> <p> 1. [[Genesis]] 36:4; Genesis 36:10; Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:17. </p> <p> 2. The father-in-law of Moses, Zipporah's father (Exodus 2:18). (See HOBAB.) </p> <p> 3. Numbers 2:14. DEUEL in Numbers 1:14; Numbers 7:42. </p> <p> 4. 1 Chronicles 9:8. </p>

<li> Numbers 2:14 , called also [[Deuel]] (1:14; 7:42). <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, [[Third]] Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Reuel'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/r/reuel.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> [[Son]] of Esau, (Genesis 36:4) The name is from Reuah, friend—and El, God. </p>

<p> (Heb. Reiel', רְעוּאֵל , friend of God; Sept. ῾Ραγουήλ; A.V. [[Raguel]] [Numbers 10:29]), the name of three or four men. </p> <p> 1. A son of [[Esau]] by [[Bashemath]] (Genesis 36:4; [[Genesis]] 36:10; 1 Chronicles 1:35; 1 Chronicles 1:37); his four sons (Genesis 36:13) were princes, i.e. chiefs of the [[Edomites]] (Genesis 36:17). B.C. post 1963. (See [[Esau]]). </p> <p> 2. A Midianitish priest and nomadic herdsman in the wilderness, to whom [[Moses]] fled from Egypt, and whose daughter [[Zipporah]] he married (Exodus 2:16 sq.); but in Exodus 3:1; Exodus 4:18, JETHRO is called father-in-law of Moses, and in 3:1 is made priest and herdsman. Various methods are suggested for meeting the difficulty: </p> <p> (1.) [[Josephus]] (Ant. ii, 12,1) considers [[Reuel]] and [[Jethro]] as two names of one man. So Lengerke (Kenaan, i, 393) and Bertheau (Isr. Gesch. p. 242). </p> <p> (2.) Aben-Ezra, followed by Rosenmiiller, understands by father in Exodus 2:18, grandfather. </p> <p> (3.) Ewald (Isr. Gesch. ii, 14) thinks "Jethro son of" has fallen out of the text before Reuel in Exodus ii, 18. </p> <p> (4.) Ranke (Pentat. ii, 8) understands the word chothen', חֹתֵו, rendered father-in-law, to mean brother-in-law, and compares the ambiguous use of the [[Greek]] γαμβρός . We must then suppose that Jethro had succeeded to the priesthood and flocks of his deceased father (Exodus 3:1). </p> <p> (5.) Others find a double genealogical tradition (Hartmann, Pentat. p. 223 sq.; comp. [[De]] Wette, Einleit. ins A. T. p. 196). On this supposition the "compiler" must have been very careless. The third explanation derives no support from the fact that the Sept., in Exodus 2:16, twice mentions Jethro as father of seven daughters. The translators might have considered Reuel as the grandfather, and this would support No. 2. The fourth supposition is forced. If we must decide for any particular view, it seems simplest to understand grandfather for father (Exodus 2:18), since Reuel was the father of the house until Jethro acquired independence. (See [[Hobab]]); (See [[Raguel]]). </p> <p> 3. Father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of [[Gad]] at the time of the census at [[Sinai]] (Numbers 2:14). In the parallel passages (Numbers 1:14; Numbers 7:42; Numbers 7:47; Numbers 10:20) the name is given DEUEL (See [[Deuel]]) (q.v.). </p> <p> 4. [[Son]] of Ibnijah, father of [[Shephatiah]] (1 Chronicles 9:8), of the tribe of Benjamin. B.C. ante 1618. </p>

<p> ''''' rōō´el ''''' ( רעוּאל , <i> ''''' re‛ū'ēl ''''' </i> , "God is his friend"; the [[Septuagint]] Ῥαγουήλ , <i> ''''' Rhagouḗl ''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) In the genealogical system [[Reuel]] is both a son of [[Esau]] by [[Basemath]] (Genesis 36:4 , [[Genesis]] 36:10 , Genesis 36:13 , Genesis 36:17; 1 Chronicles 1:35 , 1 Chronicles 1:37 ) and the father of the father-in-law of Moses, [[Hobab]] (Numbers 10:29 ). In the account of the marriage of [[Zipporah]] to [[Moses]] (Exodus 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," <i> ICC </i> ), and Hobab is a member of the clan ("son") of Reuel (Numbers 10:29 , the King James Version reads "Raguel"). </p> <p> (2) The father of Eliasaph, the prince of [[Gad]] (Numbers 2:14 ), called (by some copyist's mistake) "Deuel" in Numbers 1:14; Numbers 7:42 , Numbers 7:47; Numbers 10:20 . The Septuagint has uniformly <i> '''''Rhagouēl''''' </i> . </p> <p> (3) A B enjamite (1 Chronicles 9:8 ). </p>