REUEL

1. Son of Esau by his wife Basemath, and the father of four sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah (Gn 36:4, 10-17).

2. Priest of Midian who gave his daughter to Moses for a wife. He is perhaps the same person as #1 above, and identical to Jethro (Ex 2:18; cf. 3:1). He is also called Raguel in Numbers 10:29 (kjv). See Jethro.

3. Alternate spelling of Deuel, Eliasaph’s father, in Numbers 2:14. See Deuel.

4. Ancestor of Meshullam in Benjamin’s tribe (1 Chr 9:8).