Homeland of Job

Homeland of Job. Its exact location is unknown. Uz seemingly was near Edom, allowing for a later extension of Edomite domain into Uz, or for some later Edomites to be dwelling in the “land of Uz,” as is indicated at Lamentations 4:21. Jeremiah was commissioned to pass the cup of God’s wrath to “all the kings of the land of Uz,” and the immediate context includes references to Philistia, Edom, Moab, and Ammon. Job’s homeland was vulnerable to attack by Sabeans (from the S) and Chaldeans (from the E). Taken together, these factors would indicate a location E of the Promised Land and near Edom, somewhere in N Arabia.
Category:Homeland of Job
Category:Job Homeland