רְעוּאֵלRᵉʻûwʼêl
Reuel, the name of Moses' father-in-law, also of an Edomite and an Israelite
Pronunciation: reh-oo-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7467
Meanings
1. Moses' father-in-law (Exodus 2:18; Numbers 10:29)
2. Edomite (Genesis 36:4; Genesis 36:10; Genesis 36:13)
3. Gadite (Numbers 2:14)
4. Benjamite (1 Chronicles 9:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 36:4 Adah gave birth to a son named Eliphaz for Esau. Basemath gave birth to a son named Reuel.
- Genesis 36:10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah; and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
- Genesis 36:13 The descendants of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.
- Genesis 36:17 The descendants of Esau’s son Reuel became the leaders of the clans of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Reuel. All these were descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.
- Exodus 2:18 When the girls returned to Reuel, their father, he asked, “Why are you back so soon today?”
- Numbers 2:14 -Benjamin Abidan son of Gideoni35,400
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).