Bible Person
Meaning: the shepherd or friend of God · Male · 6 cross references
Reuel is the son of Esau and Bashemath and the ancestor of several Edomite chiefs. His branch helps shape the internal clan structure of Esau's house in the genealogies of Edom. First appears in Gen 36:4.1
AI summary: Reuel matters because the cross references present him as a substantial branch within Esau's descendants. Through his sons the text develops several named Edomite chiefs, showing how Esau's family expands into a structured neighboring people. He is not central to Israel's narrative, but he is important to the Bible's mapping of surrounding nations. Taken together, the material presents Reuel as an Edomite forefather whose line strengthens the genealogical identity of Esau's house.1
Father
Esau
Meaning: he that acts or finishes
Mother
Bashemath
Meaning: perfumed; confusion of death; in desolation
Central Figure
Reuel
Meaning: the shepherd or friend of God
A son of Esau and Bashemath (Gen.
A son of Esau and Bashemath (Gen. 36:4, 10; 1 Chr. 1:35). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.