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rᵊʿūʾēl רְעוּאֵל ‘Reuel’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the same as rᵊʿū רְעוּ ‘Reu’ and ʾēl אֵל ‘god’
Roots: רעו אל

rᵊʿūʾēl pr n m pers
Reuel or Raguel = "friend of God"
1) a son of Esau by his wife Bashemath, the sister of Ishmael
2) the father-in-law of Moses
 2a) also 'Jethro'
3) father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad at the time of the census at Sinai
4) a Benjamite, ancestor of Elah

Mentioned in Genesis 36:17, 36:10, 36:13, 36:4 Exodus 2:18 Numbers 10:29, 2:14 1 Chronicles 9:8, 1:35, 1:37

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