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Kenaz
Kenaz
or
Knaz
-
hunter
- is the name of several
persons
in the
Hebrew Bible
.
קְנָז
"Hunter",
Standard Hebrew
Kenaz
,
Tiberian Hebrew
Qənaz
/
Qənāz
A son of
Eliphaz
and a
grandson
of
Esau
. He was an
Edomite
leader
.. He may have been the
ancestor
of the
Kenezites
.
Caleb's
younger brother
, and
father of
Othniel
, whose
Judahite
family
was of
importance
in
Israel
down to the time of
David
.
Nothing
more is said of Kenaz in the
Hebrew
Bible
, but
Pseudo-Philo
makes
this Kenaz the first
judge
of Israel after
Joshua
, and includes several
chapters
of
narrative
about his supposed judgeship of
57
years.
Caleb's grandson.
