Jobab jo'-bab (yobhabh, perhaps "howling"; Iobab):
(1) "Son" of Joktan (Genesis 10:29, 1 Chronicles 1:23).
See TABLE OF NATIONS.
(2) An Edomite king (Genesis 36:33, Genesis 36:14, 1 Chronicles 1:44, 1 Chronicles 1:45).
(3) King of Madon (Joshua 11:1).
(4) 1 Chronicles 8:9; and (5) 1 Chronicles 8:18, Benjamites.
The name is confused with that of Job in Septuagint of Job 42:17.