THEOSISJerome of Stridon
To Nahor, the brother of Abraham, and his wife Milcah, the daughter of Aran, a firstborn son named Uz was born. From this lineage, Job arose, as indicated at the beginning of the book dedicated to him, “There was a man in the land of Uz, named Job” (Job 1:1). Thus, it is mistakenly believed by some that Job's ancestry connects back to Esau. The conclusion drawn from the end of the Book of Job—that the book was translated from Syriac, that Job is the fourth from Esau, and other claims—are not found in the Hebrew texts (Job 42:17 according to the LXX). Milcah’s second son was named Wuz, a name the Seventy Interpreters chose to render as Bauz. From this lineage comes Balaam the soothsayer, as tradition holds, who is referred to in the Book of Job as Elihu.
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Initially, he was a man of virtue and a prophet of God, but due to his rebellion and lack of offerings and his desire to curse Israel, he earned the title of "soothsayer" (Num. 22, Num. 23, Num. 24; Hab. 13:22). The text mentions, "And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite was angry" (Job 32:2)—this name clearly derives from Wuz. Kamuel is noted as the father of Damascus, a city that is also referred to as Aram. This nomenclature is used by the Jews in place of Syria, which is similarly cited by Isaiah. The fourth son is Hased, from whom the Hasdim, or Chaldeans, were later named.