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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comFausset Bible Dictionary: Kenaz
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(See JEPHUNNEH.)
1. Son of Eliphaz, Esau's son. A duke of Edom (; ). Founder of the family of Kenezites (adopted into Israel), of whom were Caleb and Othniel ().
2. Caleb's grandson, but the "and" (even) before "Kenaz" in shows a name has fallen out.
3. Younger brother of Caleb and father of Othniel (). But Keil with the Masorites translated "Othniel the son of Kenaz (i.e. the Kenezites) and (younger) brother of Caleb." Caleb gave him his daughter to wife, a marriage in Keil's view not forbidden in the law. "The Kenizzites" of either had ceased to exist before Joshua, or probably Moses added their name subsequently, as those descendants of Kenaz were adopted into Israel subsequently, to whom Caleb belonged.