And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
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- Bashemath Person
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Sweet-smelling. (1. ) The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau’s three wives ( Gen. 36:3 , 4, 13), from whose son Reuel four tribes of the Edomites sprung. She is also called Mahalath ( Gen. 28:9 ).
- Reuel Person
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Friend of God. (1. ) A son of Esau and Bashemath ( Gen. 36:4 , 10; 1 Chr. 1:35 ). (2. ) “The priest of Midian,” Moses’ father-in-law ( Ex. 2:18 )=Raguel ( Num. 10:29 ). If he be identified with Jethro.
- Mizzah Person
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Despair, one of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau ( Gen. 36:13 , 17).
- Nahath Person
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Rest. (1. ) One of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau ( Gen. 36:13 , 17). (2. ) A Kohathite Levite ( 1 Chr. 6:26 ). (3. ) A Levite, one of the overseers of the sacred offerings of the temple ( 2 Chr. 31:13 ).