The land of Put is where Lybia is today.
Elam Or Cham , Father Of The Iranians
Ashur "Father Of The Assyrians"
Founder Of Nineveh, Asshur , Father Of The Assyrians
Job (or Jobab as his name really is) really lived.
Jesus Christ referenced Job as a real person. Because he is.The clue to pinpointing his existence starts with analysing the genealogy of his 3 friends.
Job 42:9. So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them.
Note: Eliphaz (son of Esau) had a son Teman, and apparantly lived in his city, hence "temanite". Bildad is the son of Shuah (hence Shuhite) and the grand son of Abraham & Keturah. Zohar (Zophar) is the son of Simeon and the grand son of Jacob & Leah.
Therefore, all three friends existed in the time and place with Jacob/Israel so the claim that Job married Dinah is chronologically correct!-------------
Note: Eliphaz (son of Esau-bro. of Jacob) had a son Teman, and apparantly Eliphaz lived in his son's city or land, hence "temanite".
---------------Bildad is the son of Shuah or Shuach (hence Shuhite) and the grand son of Abraham & Keturah. This puts Bildad in Jacob's life time.
(http://www.ccel.org/a/anonymous/jasher/25.htm)
Book of Jasher Chapter 25
1. And it was at that time that Abraham again took a wife in his old age, and her name was Keturah, from the land of Canaan.
2. And she bare unto him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuach, being six sons. And the children of Zimran were Abihen, Molich and Narim.
3. And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan, and the sons of Medan were Amida, Joab, Gochi, Elisha and Nothach; and the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Chanoch, Abida and Eldaah.
4. And the sons of Ishbak were Makiro, Beyodua and Tator.
5. And the sons of Shuach were ***Bildad***, Mamdad, Munan and Meban; all these are the families of the children of Keturah the Canaanitish woman which she bare unto Abraham the Hebrew.
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Zohar (Zophar) is the son of Simeon and the grand son of Jacob & Leah.
http://www.complete-bible-genealogy.com/names/zohar_307.htm
I cannot explain the "Naamathite" connection? Maybe he has a son named Naamath, similar to Eliphaz's Teman.I think Jasher errors when it claimed that Simeon married his sister Dinah. Too close of a relationship, Job makes more sense!
***Therefore, all three friends existed in the time
and place with Jacob/Israel------
Now when we analyse the 2 daughters of Jobab, son of Joktan, ...Adinah and Aridah married the sons of Jacob...
Jasher 45:5. And Levi and Issachar went to the land of the east, and they took unto themselves for wives the daughters of Jobab the son of Yoktan, the son of Eber; and Jobab the son of Yoktan had two daughters; the name of the elder was Adinah, and the name of the younger was Aridah.
6. And Levi took Adinah, and Issachar took Aridah, and they came to the land of Canaan, to their father's house, and Adinah bare unto Levi, Gershon, Kehath and Merari; three sons.
7. And Aridah bare unto Issachar Tola, Puvah, Job and Shomron, four sons;Note: Aridah also named her son Job probably after her father Jobab. Hence, Job is the shorten version of Jobab.
Note: Was Adinah named after her mother...Dinah? Probably!
-----And finally, and most important, in the Old Testiment Pseudepigrapha, Vol 2, Pseudo-Philo, it states that Job married Dinah dau. of Jacob...
1. James H. Charlesworth, The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol 1 & 2 (Doubleday, 1985), Vol 2,p.314,Pseudo-Philo 8:7-8.
"...and Shechem the son of Hamor the Hurrite raped Dinah his (Jacob) daughter and humiliated her. And the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, went in and killed the whole city of them by the sword; and they took their sister Dianah and went away from there. And afterward Job took her as a wife and fathered from her 14 sons and 6 daughters; that is, 7 sons and 3 daughters before he was struck down with suffering, and afterward 7 sons and 3 daughters when he was healed."
Footnote: "Apparently Job is identified with Jobab of Gen. 36:33. That Dinah married Job is stated in TJob 1:6 and several rabbinic texts."Gen 36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.Note: This is another Jobab, but it does have a connection with Temanites. This Jobab is a grand son of Reuel son of Esau. Also note: This Jobab is 2 generation later that Jacob's brother of Esau.
And not of the land of UZ...Job 1:1. There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job;
--------So Job's first family of 7 sons and 3 daughters died when a tornado struck the house they were in.
Because Job did not sin, the Lord blessed him with another 7 sons and 3 daughters who were given the same names.Job 1:1. There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
[Where is Uz? Jasher 10:34. And the children of Aram (Syrians) also went and built themselves a city, and they called the name of the city Uz after their eldest brother, and they dwell therein; that is the land of Uz to this day.
Aram was the father of the Syrians.
Uz is near Damascus Syria.]2. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
3. His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
4. And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.12. And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
13. And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
14. And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
15. And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
16. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
17. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
18. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
19. And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
20. Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
21. And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
22. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.Job 2: 11. Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
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Jasher, The Book of (Republished by Artisan Publishers, 1988; Translated in 1840 from the Hebrew), Ch 45:5-7, Hoffman Printing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 1529, Muskogee, OK, 74402, ISBN: 0-934666-25-3. Referred to in Joshua and 2nd Samuel of the Bible.
(Josephus, Ant. of the Jews Book 1 21:1-2) Jacob went to the city of Shechem in Canaan, and during a festival she went out to see the finery of the Women of that country. But Shecham (son of King Hamor) fell in love with her, and defile her by violence. King Hamor asked Jacob to allow Shecham to marry Dinah. Jacob sought the counsel of his sons. Her brothers Simeon and Levi by the same mother, agreed to kill all the Shechemite males including King Hamor, to avenge their sisters rape, which they did.
footnote 7: Another account is given in the Targ. Ps. Jon. of Gen. xii. 45, "And he gave him to wife Asenath, whom Dinah bare to Shechem: and the wife of Potipherah prince of Tanes brought up."
Jasher 45:5 And Levi and Issachar went to the land of the east, and they took unto themselves for wives the daughters of Jobab the son of Yoktan, the son of Eber; and Jobab the son of Yoktan had two daughters; the name of the elder was Adinah, and the name of the younger was Aridah.