Reuel
Reuel [1]
rōō´el ( רעוּאל , re‛ū'ēl , "God is his friend"; the Septuagint Ῥαγουήλ , Rhagouḗl ):
(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," ICC ), and Hobab is a member of the clan ("son") of Reuel ( Numbers 10:29 , the King James Version reads "Raguel").
(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 Rhagouēl .
(3) A B enjamite ( 1 Chronicles 9:8 ).
