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According to the [[Sons of Noah|Table of nations]] of [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 10 in the [[Hebrew Bible]], '''Uz''' is one of the sons of [[Aram, son of Shem]].<ref>[[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 10:23</ref> This makes him the great-grandson of [[Noah]].

Uz Descendants are the [[Oghuz Turks]].

He may have given his name to an area of the [[Middle East]], later inhabited by the Old Testament character [[Job (Biblical figure)|Job]]. [[Flavius Josephus]] (''Ant. 1.6.4'') states the tradition that he founded the cities of [[Trachonitis]] and [[Damascus]].