Uz (son of Aram)

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Uz is one of the sons of Aram, son of Shem, according to the Table of nations of Genesis 10 in the Hebrew Bible. according to Genesis 10:23. This makes him the great-grandson of Noah.

He may have given his name to an area of the Middle East, later inhabited by the Old Testament character Job. Flavius Josephus (Ant. 1.6.4) states the tradition that he founded the cities of Trachonitis and Damascus.