Genesis 10:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

The children of Aram; Uz - Septuagint renders it Ausitis (Job 1:15; Job 1:17): a district at the northern extremity of the Arabian desert, between Palestine, Idumea, and the Euphrates. Josephus and others think that Uz was the founder of Damascus (see the note at Genesis 14:5).

Hul - the second son of Aram, settled on the rivers of Hermon, and gave his name to the land of Huleh, near the source of the Jordan.

Gether - [Septuagint, Gater].

And Mash, (cf. 1 Chronicles 1:17, Meshech) - [Septuagint, Mosoch] settled in some parts of Mesopotamia. Bochart and Gesenius consider Mons Masius, above Nisibis, derived its name from Mash.

Genesis 10:23

23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.