Aram's sons are Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek. Uz is the most familiar of these names — it is the land where Job lives (Job 1:1), connecting the most universal wisdom book of the Old Testament to the genealogy of Shem through Aram. The fact that Job, a man from the land of Uz, is described as blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil, is a pointer to the Noahic covenant's breadth: God's grace and the fear of God extend beyond the covenant line of Abraham. The wisdom tradition that Job represents — and that Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs carry — draws from the whole human family, not only from Israel. James 5:11 calls Job a model of perseverance, making him a model for the entire church. The land of Uz in the genealogy of Aram is the background of the wisdom that crosses every ethnic boundary in the canon.

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