Reference: Raguel

Nu 10:29, or REUEL, Ex 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 Ge 31:43; 2Ki 14:3; 16:2.

friend of God, (Nu 10:29)=Reuel (q.v.), Ex 2:18, the father-in-law of Moses, and probably identical with Jethro (q.v.).

("friend of God.")

1. Prince priest of Midian; father of Zipporah, Moses' wife, and of Jethro and Hobab. (See JETHRO; HOBAB.) (Ex 2:21; 3:1; Nu 10:29). The older tradition, and the insecurity from Egyptian power which Moses would have been exposed to in the W. of the Elanitic gulf, favor the view that Raguel lived on the coast E. of the Elanitic gulf.

2. Ge 36:4.

1. See Reuel, 2. 2. The father of Sarah, the wife of Tobias (Tob 3:7, 17, 18; 14:12).

Ragu'el

See JETHRO.