Raguel

shepherd, or friend of God

Raguel

Numbers 10:29, or REUEL, Exodus 2:15,18,21, the Hebrew word being the same in both places. These passages represent him as the father of Hobab and Zipporah, and he is generally supposed to be the same as Jethro, Moses' father-in-law. Some, however, think he was Jethro's father, and that he is called the father of the others as being the head of the family. Compare Genesis 31:43 2 Kings 14:3 16:2.

Friend of God, (Numbers 10:29)=Reuel (q.v.), Exodus 2:18, the father-in-law of Moses, and probably identical with Jethro (q.v.). RAGUEL (1)

ra-gu'-el, rag'-u-el (Rhagouel): "The friend of God," of Ecbatana, the husband of Edna, father of Sarah, and father-in-law of Tobias (Tobit 3:7, 17; 6:10; 7:2; 14:12). In Tobit 7:2 he is called cousin of Tobit, and in Tobit 6:10 the King James Version he is erroneously represented as "cousin" of Tobias = "kinsman" in the Revised Version (British and American). In Enoch 20:4 Raguel appears as one of the archangels, perhaps by confusion for Raphael (Tobit 3:17). Another form of the name is REUEL (which see). one of whom composed the Zardtusht-Namah.

RAGUEL (2)

ra-gu'-el, rag'-u-el (re`u'-el; Septuagint: Rhagouel): The Midianite chothen, i.e. either father-in-law or brother-in-law of Moses (Numbers 10:29 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "Reuel"), the father of Hobab, called a Kenite, who is likewise described as a chothen of Moses (Judges 4:11). See RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY. Moses' wife's father is called re`u'el in Exodus 2:18 where Lucian reads "Iothor" and English Versions of the Bible "Reuel," which transliteration is adopted in the Revised Version (British and American) in Numbers 10:29 also. In other passages the chothen of Moses is called "Jether" or "Jethro." Among the harmonizations suggested the following are worthy of consideration:

(a) that all are names or perhaps titles of one man (Rashi);

(b) that Reuel was the father of Hobab and Jethro, that Jethro was the father-in-law of Moses, and that the word "father" is used for grandfather in Exodus 2:18;

(c) that Reuel was the father-in-law and Jethro and Hobab brothers-in-law;

(d) that either Reuel or Hobab is to be identified with Jethro.

None of these views is free from difficulty, nor is the view of those who would give Jethro as the name in the Elohist (E) and Reuel as that in the Jahwist (Jahwist) and (J-E).

See also REUEL.

Nathan Isaacs

7467. Reuel -- "friend of God," Moses' father-in-law, also an ...
... Raguel, Reuel. From the same as r'uw and 'el; friend of God; Reuel, the name of
Moses' father-in-law, also of an Edomite and an Israelite -- Raguel, Reuel. ...
/hebrew/7467.htm - 6k

How Raguel Suggested to Moses to Set his People in Order, under ...
... CHAPTER 4. How Raguel Suggested To Moses To Set His People In Order, Under Their
Rulers Of Thousands, And Rulers Of Hundreds, Who Lived Without Order Before ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 4 how raguel suggested.htm

After Saying a Few Words About Tobit He Demonstrates that Raguel ...
... Chapter XVI. After saying a few words about Tobit he demonstrates that Raguel surpassed
the philosophers in? ... And Raguel is a still brighter example. ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xvi after saying a.htm

How Holy Charity Produces the Love of Our Neighbour.
... The young Tobias, accompanied by the angel Raphael, having met with Raguel his relative,
by whom, however, he was unknown,"Raguel had no sooner set eyes upon ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xi how holy charity.htm

That Moses Kindly Received-His Father-In-Law, Jethro, when He came ...
... Now when Raguel, Moses's father-in-law, understood in what a prosperous
condition his affairs were, he willingly came to meet him. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 that moses kindly.htm

How Moses and Aaron Returned into Egypt to Pharaoh.
... 1. So Moses, when he understood that the Pharaoh, in whose reign he fled away, was
dead, asked leave of Raguel to go to Egypt, for the benefit of his own people ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 13 how moses and.htm

Here Followeth the History of Tobit
... The same day it happed that Sara, daughter of Raguel in the city of Medes, that
she was rebuked and heard reproof of one of the handmaidens of her father. ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/here followeth the history of 2.htm

Appendix. The Apocryphal Books of the Old Testament.
... On their way to Rages they come to Ecbatane, a city of Media, where resides Raguel,
the cousin of Tobias, whose only daughter, Sara, has lost seven husbands on ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/appendix the apocryphal books of.htm

Section 26-36. That the Son is the Co-Existing Word
... For so also in Numbers we shall find, Moses said to Raguel the Midianite, the
father-in-law of Moses; for there was not one Moses who spoke, and another whose ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/section 26-36 that the son.htm

Doctrines of Various Other Gnostic Sects, and Especially of the ...
... [2965] Thelesis, again, is united to the second luminary, whom they also name Raguel;
Synesis to the third, whom they call David; and Phronesis to the fourth ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxix doctrines of various other.htm

The Antiquities of the Jews
... CHAPTER 4. How Raguel Suggested To Moses To Set His People In Order, Under Their
Rulers Of Thousands, And Rulers Of Hundreds, Who Lived Without Order Before ...
//christianbookshelf.org/josephus/the antiquities of the jews/

Raguel (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. RAGUEL (1). ... In Enoch 20:4 Raguel appears as one
of the archangels, perhaps by confusion for Raphael (Tobit 3:17). ...
/r/raguel.htm - 9k

Reuel (14 Occurrences)
... (1.) A son of Esau and Bashemath (Genesis 36:4, 10; 1 Chronicles 1:35). (2.) "The
priest of Midian," Moses' father-in-law (Exodus 2:18)=Raguel (Numbers 10:29). ...
/r/reuel.htm - 12k

Tobit
... Now it happened that at this time another Jewish family, equally loyal to the ancestral
faith, had fallen into similar distress-Raguel, his wife Edna and his ...
/t/tobit.htm - 34k

Anaharath (1 Occurrence)
... Now it happened that at this time another Jewish family, equally loyal to the ancestral
faith, had fallen into similar distress-Raguel, his wife Edna and his ...
/a/anaharath.htm - 87k

Rags (6 Occurrences)

/r/rags.htm - 8k

Rahab (14 Occurrences)

/r/rahab.htm - 16k

Jethro (10 Occurrences)
... and in Ant, III, iii; V, ii, 3), we must connect "Moses' father-in-law" in Numbers
10:29 immediately with "Reuel" (the King James Version "Raguel"), and make ...
/j/jethro.htm - 17k

Raphael
... The purpose of his mission is, in accordance with his name, to cure Tobit of blindness,
and to deliver Sarah, the daughter of Raguel, from the power of the ...
/r/raphael.htm - 8k

Edna
... ed'-na (Edna): Wife of Raguel and mother of Sarah who married Tobias (Tobit 7:2,
etc.; 10:12; 11:1). "Edna" in Hebrew means "pleasure" and corresponds to Latin ...
/e/edna.htm - 6k

Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus