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• Eliphaz (Son of Esau)

  Eliphaz was the firstborn son of Esau by his wife Adah. He appears in the Edomite genealogies of Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1, where he is recorded as the father of Amalek and the ancestor of several Edomite chiefs.

• Eliphaz (the Temanite)

  Eliphaz the Temanite appears in the Book of Job as one of the three friends who came to comfort Job after disaster struck him, and he was always the first of them to speak. He interpreted Job's suffering as the result of sin and was rebuked by God.

• Teman (son of Eliphaz)

  Teman was a son of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau, and one of the chiefs of the Edomites. His name is also used for a region in the land of Edom and for its people.

• Amalek (son of Eliphaz)

  Amalek was the son of Eliphaz, Esau's firstborn, by Eliphaz's concubine Timna. He was one of the chiefs of Edom and is traditionally regarded as the ancestor of the Amalekites.

• Job's Three Friends

  Job's three friends are Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, who appear in the Book of Job. They came to comfort Job in his suffering but went on to argue that his sins had caused it, and God rebuked them.

• Job 15

  Eliphaz's second speech. He rebukes Job's words as empty, declares that no human being can be clean before God, and then describes at length the miserable end that awaits the wicked.

• Job 22

  Job 22 contains Eliphaz's third and final speech. He asserts that Job is suffering because he has wronged his poor neighbors, and he urges Job to return to God so that he may be blessed again.

• Job 5

  Job 5 contains the second half of the first speech of Eliphaz the Temanite. In it he urges Job to recognize that affliction does not arise on its own, and that whoever commits himself to God and accepts His chastening will be restored.

• Job 4

  Job 4 records the first speech of Eliphaz the Temanite to Job. Eliphaz argues from retribution that no one perishes without having sinned, and he relays words he says he heard in a night vision: "Shall mortal man be more just than God?"

• Job 6

  Job 6 records Job's reply to the first speech of Eliphaz. Job protests that his suffering is heavier than the sand of the sea and rebukes his friends for offering no comfort, comparing them to streams that run dry.

• Kenaz

  Kenaz is the name of several individuals in the Old Testament. The best known are a grandson of Esau who became a chief of Edom and the father of Othniel, the first judge. The term "Kenezite," which is applied to Caleb's family, also derives from this name.

• Job 7

  Job 7 continues Job's reply to Eliphaz. Job laments the brevity of human life and the suffering that persists night after night, then appeals directly to God, asking, "Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee?"

• Job 16

  Job 16 is the first part of Job's reply to Eliphaz's second speech. Job calls his friends miserable comforters and laments the suffering he endures at God's hand, yet he confesses that his witness is in heaven.

• Job 24

  Job 24 is the latter part of Job's reply to Eliphaz's third speech. Pointing to a world in which those who oppress the weak and those who sin under cover of darkness go unpunished, Job asks why God does not set times for judgment.

• Job 23

  Job 23 is the first part of Job's reply to Eliphaz's third speech. Job longs to come before God and present his case, but he laments that he cannot find God, and he confesses the fear he feels before God's will.

• Job 17

  Job 17 is the second half of Job's reply (chapters 16–17) to Eliphaz's second speech. Job laments that death is near, asks God himself to be his surety, and rebukes his friends for their lack of wisdom. At the end he asks where his hope can be in the face of the grave and Sheol.

• Teman

  Teman is an Old Testament place name and clan name associated with the region of Edom. It is said to derive its name from Teman, the grandson of Esau. It was the home of Eliphaz, the friend of Job, and in the prophetic books it serves as a name representing Edom.

• Job 16:19–21

  In the midst of his suffering, Job looks beyond the friends who condemn him and expresses his hope that a witness in heaven will take his side before God. The identity of this witness is frequently debated, and interpreters are divided.

• Amalek

  Amalek was an ancient nomadic people whom the Bible presents as descendants of Esau. Because they attacked Israel shortly after the Exodus, the Amalekites are remembered throughout the Old Testament as Israel's archetypal enemy.

• Job 8

  Job 8 contains the first speech of Bildad the Shuhite. Bildad asserts that God does not pervert justice and urges Job to seek God, assuring him that if he is pure and upright, he will be restored.