Chesed (Hastings' Dictionary)

One of the sons of Nahor and Milcah (Gn 22^ J). He is obviously here intro- duced into the genealogy of the Terahites as the presumptive forefather of the Casdim (Q'^i?'?) or Chaldaeans. This probably represents a different tradition from that in P, where Ur of the Chaldees (».e. Casdim) is spoken of aa the dweUing-place of Terah (Gn 11), Nahor's father. It is noticeable that the eldest of the brothers of Chesed is Uz, and that in Job 1 the Casdim (trans- lated Chaldseans) are found invading the territory of Uz. Gn 22''"- ^ probably represent, in the terms of genealogy, the supposed kinship of allied clans who dwelt in Mesopotamia. The Heb. tradition gives the names of tribes identified with various localities oa the borders of the plain of Mesopo- tamia. H. E. Ryle. CHESIL (Vp3), Jos 15»°.— The LXX reads Bethel, probably for Bethul, as in the parallel passage, Jos 19*, and S'c? of MT is prob. a textual error. (So Ox/. Heb. Lex. and Siegfried-Stade.)