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Eliphaz (Hebrew: אֱלִיפָז ’Ělīp̄āz, "El is pure gold") is called a Temanite . He is one of the friends or comforters of Job in the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible . The first of the three visitors to Job ( Job 2:11 ), he was said to have come from Teman, an important city of Edom ( Amos 1:12 ; Obadiah 9 .
Eliphaz the Temanite was chief of the comforters of Job (2:11, etc.). 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. [5] According to some biblical scholars and commentators, Teman was a city in the Land of Uz.
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, [16] " Eliphaz ": from Hebrew : אֱלִיפָז , ’Ělīp̄āz , " El is pure gold " (alternatively, "My God is separate" or "My God is remote" [ 17 ] ), is mentioned first among Job's visitors ( Job 2:11 ), and the first to respond to Job's words, so he is regarded as the oldest.
The three speeches of Bildad are contained in Job 8, [4] Job 18 [5] and Job 25. [6] In substance, Bildad largely echos what Eliphaz the Temanite had claimed. [7] Bildad's speech is charged with somewhat increased vehemence, compared to Eliphaz who spoke first, because Bildad found Job's words too angry and impious.
One of the protagonists in Job is Eliphaz the Temanite, and Genesis 36 refers to Husham of the land of the Temanites. Outside of the Bible, it was mentioned by Ptolemy, [11] Pliny, [12] Agatharchides, [13] [14] and Josephus. [15] It was noted as halfway between Damascus and Mecca, and between Babylonia and Egypt. [16]
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[He had nothing] because Eliphaz the son of Esau had pursued him to kill him at his father’s orders; he (Eliphaz) overtook him, but since he had grown up in Isaac’s lap, he held back his hand.