The book of job opens portraying job as a wealthy and righteous nobleman. Meaning and definition of pharaoh, who was the pharaoh of the exodus, did god harden pharaohs heart, which pharaoh reigned during the time of joseph and moses, how many watches of the night, what were the jewish watches of the night, what is the meaning of the fourth watch, midnight and the cock crowing, what were thorns and thistles in the bible, what were the different. Given the ancient setting of the book of job, it is entirely possible that jobs friend and esaus son are one and the same person. Eliphazs dream 14 august 2019 17 may 2019 by ray hermann, d.
Bible roman empire map large map of the roman empire in the early first century click around on the places. One of three men who visited job and engaged the sufferer in dialogue job 2. Job 4 commentary eliphaz and so, eliphaz begins to speak and tries to comfort job today. Commentary on the book of job chapter four by wm w wells.
Job 4 nirv the first speech of eliphaz then bible gateway. The history of rome brief overview of roman history from her dawn to the first punic war. Eliphaz the temanite explanation and interpretation of this english bible term, online bible dictionary encyclopedia. Like the other two comforters, bildad and eliphaz, zophar emphasizes an old hebrew conceptsuffering is the inevitable lot of the evil man. Douayrheims bible so eliphaz the themanite, and baldad the suhite, and sophar the naamathite went, and did as the lord had spoken to them, and the lord accepted the face of job. For todays study in the book of job, we are looking at a portion of the first response by jobs three friends to his predicament. The book serves as a powerful refutation of calvinism in this regard. The people of amalek was the ancestral enemy of the israelite people book of exodus ex 17. In his first reply to jobs complaints, he argues that those who are truly good are never entirely forsaken by providence, but that punishment may justly be inflicted for secret sins. The manner in which the city is mentioned by the prophets, now by itself, and again as standing for edom, shows how important it must have been in their time.
Home content index books of the bible job eliphaz the temanite. Eliphaz meaning of eliphaz in smiths bible dictionary. He says in verse 18 that god doesnt even trust his personal servants and angels. The midrash relates that when jacob escaped from esau and fled to his uncle laban in haran, esau sent eliphaz to pursue and kill jacob, his uncle, who was his rabbi also. Eliphaz the temanite, in the old testament book of job chapters 4, 5, 15, 22.
The tabernacle of ancient israel brief overview of the tabernacle of moses in the wilderness and the ark of the covenant. Eliphaz temanite watch tower publications index 19862020. However, eliphaz, along with bildad and zophar, failed in his attempt to comfort his s. The inhabitants of teman seem to have been famous for their wisdom jeremiah jeremiah 49. He then proceeds to maintain his argument that job is suffering because of his sin job 15. The book is not about jobs history but about jobs life and the way we relate to god as a result. As eliphaz speaks to job, he does so as a temanite,that is, as a representative of the wisdom of the world. Its author is unknown yet it is possible that job himself wrote it. He is one of jobs three friends and wouldbe comforters. Eliphaz was the firstborn son of esau by his wife adah.
He appears in the book of job in the hebrew bible eliphaz appears mild and modest. Eliphaz claims to have had a terrifying dream of a spirit who reminded him of the righteousness of god job 4. From a throne steeped in undisclosed purpose, god says to satan. It is possible that job is the oldest of any book of the bible written approximately 21001800 b. In the arguments that pass between job and his friends, it is eliphaz that opens each of the three series of discussions.
Then eliphaz the temanite answered and said, job 42. The book of job wednesday evening at calvary chapel spring valley, las vegas, nevada with pastor derek neider. Eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him. Like the other two comforters, bildad and eliphaz, zophar emphasizes an old hebrew conceptsuffering is the inevitable lot of the evil m. Therefore, the time for any temanite is after esau. A son of esau by his wife adah the daughter of elon the hittite genesis 36. These three men have been silent since they first appeared on the scene in job 2. Giving the strongest of the three initial speeches, zophar declares that job deserved even worse than what he got. He has a large family, many flocks of animals, many servants, a. Eliphaz refers to the flood as being in the past in job 22. Eliphaz became the ancestor of the chieftains of several edomite clans genesis 36. Thus eliphaz appears as the representative of the wisdom of the edomites, which, according to obad. Eliphaz, the first of the three visitors of job, was supposed to have come from teman, an important city of edom amos 1.
Famed as the antiheroes of the book of job, eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite deliver some of the longest uninterrupted. The counsel of eliphaz the temanite to job brian coatney we know the setup of jobs sufferings that even job does not know about. The people of amalek was the ancestral enemy of the israelite people book. In his second speech eliphaz reveals a spirit wounded by jobs sarcastic remarks. The word temanite probably indicates that he was an edomite, or member of a palestinian people descended from esau in three speeches of increasing severity, eliphaz attempts to reconcile job to god and induce him. After the flood and long before moses after 2350 bc and before 1750 bc. In his third speech, eliphaz definitely charges job with sin job 22. When they heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Job sacrifices to god as head of his family a practice of patriarchal times that stopped with moses job 1. Now when jobs three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place. Eliphaz the temanite was chief of the comforters of job job 2. However, eliphaz, along with bildad and zophar, failed in his attempt to comfort his suffering friend. But i think well see in chapters 4 and 5 of the book of job in this lesson that whatever it is that eliphaz is trying to do it doesnt turn out to be very comforting at all.
So eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went, and did according to that which yahweh had spoken unto them, and yahweh accepted job. We hope you will participate on the eliphaz forums, it is a great place to find or post information on eliphaz genealogy and is completely free to participate. God goads the devil, a little known adversary, who doubtless roamed the heavens bored to death all hedged in. The word temanite probably indicates that he was an edomite, or member of a palestinian people descended from esau. Key personalities of this book include job, eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, zophar the naamathite, and elihu the buzite. Eliphaz the temanite, and bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite. The second, eliphaz the temanite, is the oldest of the three friends with whom the later stratum in the book of job the patient see job furnishes its hero. Esaus son eliphaz had a son named teman genesis 36. How was what eliphaz said any different from what jobs other friends said. Who was job, when did he live, and where did he live. Eliphaz begins this chapter by letting job know that he does not at all appreciate what the suffering job just communicated in chapters 1214 of this book. Eliphaz the temanite is the first to speak to job and thus seems to be the leader of jobs three friends. The name eliphaz for the spokesman of edomite wisdom may have been suggested to the author of job by the tradition which gave this name to esaus son, the father of theman gen. I am angry with you and with your two friends, for you have not been right in what you said about me, as my servant job was.
At the core of that question is the statement that all. This is from the holy book of job chapter 22 eliphaz. Famed as the antiheroes of the book of job, eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite deliver some of the longest uninterrupted monologues of the whole bible, speaking expansively on issues pertaining to the character of god, the nature of morality and justice, the essence and attainment of wisdom, the dynamics of the divinehuman relationship, and the experience of. Thus eliphaz appears as the representative of the wisdom of the edomites, which, according to obadiah 8, jeremiah 49. The babylonians learn about ancient babylon and the people who. He had six sons, from which omar was the firstborn, and the others were teman, zepho, gatam, kenaz and finally amalek, who was born to his concubine timna. Given the ancient setting of the book of job, it is entirely possible that jobs friend and. Please login register or post pronunciation as guest. In his choice of a name and nationality for this friend, the author of the later stratum may have been guided by the following considerations.
Eliphaz, the temanite peoplecharacters librarything. Eliphaz eliphaz god is fine gold or god is dispenser a son of esau by adah daughter of elon gen. Given the ancient setting of the book of job, it is entirely possible that jobs friend and esaus son are. Bilhad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite to some pedigrees in judaism. At the core of that question is the statement that all humans mess up. The first speech of eliphaz then eliphaz the temanite replied, job, suppose someone tries to talk to you. I would appreciate it if you could do some edits to touch on the other phase of the question when i said what generates a lot of interest in this investigation is the multiplier significance vizaviz the numerical precision in the. We have collected some of the best resources from across the web to do research on eliphaz history, eliphaz ancestory, and eliphaz family connections. Bible history commentary old and new testaments, complete set by werner herman franzmann the book of job by raymond p. When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him. Three of jobs friends were eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite. Jan 02, 2020 after eliphaz and bildad, zophar spoke third in offering advice to job.
Eliphaz the temanite of edom firstborn son of esau poss. This article is not a discourse on the whole book of job in the bible, but only concerns the second half of chapter 4, where one of jobs friends explains a dream he once had. Temanites were descended from teman, who was the first son of eliphaz, who was the son of esau, as mentioned in genesis 36. Eliphaz the temanite, in the old testament book of job chapters 4, 5, 15, 22, one of three friends who sought to console job, who is a biblical archetype of unmerited suffering.