Kesed
Kesed is the father of Mu'ak, who became the wife of Shelah. He is also the father of Ur, who built the city of Ara of the Chaldees and named it after himself and his father. In other mentions, Kesed appears as one of the sons of Tubal and as one of the eight sons born to Nahor and Milca.
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Key Passages
Kesed in Jubilees 8
The Book of Jubilees 8:6
And in the fourth year he was born, and Shelah grew up and took to himself a wife, and her name was Mu'ak, the daughter ...
6nd in the fourth year he was born, and Shelah grew up and took to himself a wife, and her name was Mu'ak, the daughter of Kesed, his father's brother, in the one and thirtieth jubilee, in the fifth week, in the first year 1499 A.M. thereof.
Kesed in Jubilees 11
The Book of Jubilees 11:1
And in the thirty-fifth jubilee, in the third week, in the first year 1681 A.M. thereof, Reu took to himself a wife, and...
1nd in the thirty-fifth jubilee, in the third week, in the first year 1681 A.M. thereof, Reu took to himself a wife, and her name was 'Ôrâ, the daughter of 'Ûr, the son of Kesed, and she bare him a son, and he called his name Sêrôh, in the seventh year of this week in this jubilee. 1687 A.M.
Kesed in Jubilees 11
The Book of Jubilees 11:3
And 'Ûr, the son of Kesed, built the city of 'Ara of the Chaldees, and called its name after his own name and the ...
3nd 'Ûr, the son of Kesed, built the city of 'Ara of the Chaldees, and called its name after his own name and the name of his father. And they made for themselves molten images, and they worshipped each the idol, the molten image which they had made for themselves, and they began to make graven images and unclean simulacra, and malignant spirits assisted and seduced (them) into committing transgression and uncleanness.