Eliezer

Eliezer (Hebrew: אֱלִיעֶזֶר, romanized: ʾĔliʿezer, lit.'Help/Court of El') was the name of at least three different individuals in the Hebrew Bible.

Eliezer of Damascus (Hebrew: דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶזֶר, romanized: Damméseq ʾĔliʿezer) was, according to Targum Jonathan Bereishit, 14:14, the son of Nimrod. According to Genesis 15:2, he was the head of the patriarch Abraham's household:

But Abram said, "O lord יהוה, what can You give me, seeing that I shall die childless, and the one in charge of my household is Dammesek Eliezer!"^[1]

Medieval biblical exegetes have explained the noun ben mešeq as meaning "butler; steward; overseer",^[2] while the name Damméseq Eliʿézer is explained by Targum Onkelos as meaning "Eliezer the Damascene". Other writers say that he was given the name "Damascus" by Abraham, who purchased Eliezer from Nimrod and had passed through the city of Damascus while returning with his servant from Babylonia.^[2] Other translations of Genesis describe Eliezer as Abraham's heir.^[3]

There is an interpretation in Genesis Rabbah (43:2), cited by Rashi, that Eliezer went alone with Abraham to rescue Lot, about "his initiates" stated to be 318 in number (Genesis 14:14) being the numerical value of Eliezer's name in Hebrew, interpreted in tractate Nedarim (32a) as Abraham not wishing to rely on a miracle by taking only one individual.^[4]

According to most interpretations, the unnamed "senior servant of (Abraham's) household, who had charge of all that he owned" in Genesis 24:2, who obtained Rebecca as a bride for Isaac, was the same Eliezer.^[5]

Eliezer fue el segundo hijo de Moisés y Séfora . Su nombre significa «Ayuda de mi Dios». El versículo de Éxodo 18:4 dice: «El otro se llamaba Eliezer, que significa: “El Dios de la casa de mi padre fue mi ayuda, librándome de la espada del faraón ”». Gersón y Eliezer nacieron después de que Moisés se refugiara en Madián y se casara con Séfora, hija de Jetró .

Un profeta llamado Eliezer, hijo de Dodavá, reprendió al rey Josafat de Judá por aliarse con el rey Ocozías de Israel . Josafat y Ocozías construyeron barcos en Ezión-Geber , que debían navegar a Tarsis para comerciar. Según 2 Crónicas 20:37 , los barcos se hundieron por no confiar en Dios.

Eliezer, hijo de Dodavahu de Mareshah, profetizó contra Josafat, diciendo: «Por haber hecho una alianza con Ocozías, el Señor destruirá lo que has hecho». Los barcos naufragaron y no pudieron zarpar para comerciar.

• Entrar en el cielo con vida – en referencia a Eliezer, el siervo de Abraham.
• Esdras .
• Uzair .