Kenaz is a name that turns up in two settings, and the verses never say whether it is one man or two. In Genesis 36 he is among the sons of Eliphaz and one of the dukes of Esau’s family. Elsewhere he is named as a father: “Othniel the son of Kenaz” took a city and won Caleb’s daughter Achsah, and later became the deliverer of Israel in Judges 3. After him “the land had rest forty years.” For the better-known story, start with Judges 3:9-11.
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And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Matthew George Easton, 1897
Hunter. (1.) One of the sons of Eliphaz, the son of Esau. He became the chief of an Edomitish tribe (Gen. 36:11, 15, 42).
(2.) Caleb’s younger brother, and father of Othniel (Josh. 15:17), whose family was of importance in Israel down to the time of David (1 Chr. 27:15). Some think that Othniel (Judg. 1:13), and not Kenaz, was Caleb’s brother.
(3.) Caleb’s grandson (1 Chr. 4:15).
William Smith, 1884
(hunting).
(1.) Son of Eliphaz the son of Esau. He was one of the dukes of Edom. (Genesis 36:15,42; 1 Chronicles 1:53)
(2.) One of the same family, a grandson of Caleb, according to (1 Chronicles 4:15) (where see margin).