THEOSISJerome of Stridon
Nahor, the brother of Abraham, had a firstborn son named Uz through his wife Milcah, who was the daughter of Aran. From this lineage, Job is descended, as indicated at the beginning of the book that recounts his story: "There was a man in the land of Uz, named Job" (Job 1:1). Some mistakenly believe that Job's ancestry links back to Esau, mainly due to references found at the conclusion of the Book of Job. These references mention that the text was translated from Syriac and assert that Job is the fourth descendant of Esau, as noted in Job 42:17 according to the Septuagint. However, such claims are absent in the Hebrew texts. Milcah's second son was Wuz, whom the Seventy Translators chose to refer to as Bauz.
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From this line emerged Balaam the soothsayer, as narrated in Jewish tradition, who is referred to as Elihu in the Book of Job. Initially, he was a righteous man and a prophet of the Lord, but after his disobedience and reluctance to offer sacrifices, he sought to curse Israel and earned the title of 'the soothsayer' (Num. 22,23,24; Hab. 13:22). In the same book, it is written: "And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite was angry" (Job 32:2), clearly linked to the name Wuz. Additionally, Kamuel is identified as the father of Damascus, a city also known as Aram. This designation is what the Jews use in place of Syria, a name that is also employed by Isaiah. Hased is noted as the fourth son, from whom the Hasdim, or Chaldeans, were later named.