The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
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The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
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And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
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And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
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- 1 Chronicles 7:6-12 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three. The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and they were listed by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four. The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. They were listed by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred. The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ households, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand two hundred, who were able to go out in the army for war. So were Shuppim, Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, and the sons of Aher.
- Genesis 49:27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”
- Numbers 1:11 Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
- Numbers 1:36-37 Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war: those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 26:38-40 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: the family of the Ardites; and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
- Deuteronomy 33:12 About Benjamin he said, “The beloved of Yahweh will dwell in safety by him. He covers him all day long. He dwells between his shoulders.”
- 1 Chronicles 8:1-7 Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud, Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram. These are the sons of Ehud. These are the heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Geba, who were carried captive to Manahath: Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them captive; and he became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Whereof part seem to be born before his coming…
Whereof part seem to be born before his coming to Egypt, and part in Egypt, Benjamin being now but twenty and four years old.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave…
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter,.... To be her maid, when she was married to Jacob:
and she bare these unto Jacob, all the souls were seven; not that she bare seven sons to Jacob, she bore but two, Dan and Naphtali; but the children of these with them made seven, one of Dan's, and four of Naphtali's, who went down with Jacob into Egypt.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Benjamin. Ten in number; though the Septuagint have only…
Benjamin. Ten in number; though the Septuagint have only nine, and suppose that some of them were his grandchildren. He was 33 (or 24, Menochius) years old. (Calmet) --- Grotius thinks three names have been made out of two; Echi, Ros, and mophim, out of Ahiram and Supham, as we read, Numbers xxvi. 38.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 21. Naaman… Ard — In Num_26:40, these appear as…
21. Naaman… Ard — In Num_26:40, these appear as sons of Bela. The most probable explanation of this discrepancy is, the Naaman and Ard here mentioned as sons of Benjamin died in Egypt without issue, and two of their brother Bela’s sons were named after them and substituted in their place, according to levirate law, to perpetuate intact the families of Benjamin.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. the sons of Benjamin] The mention of Benjamin’s…
21. the sons of Benjamin] The mention of Benjamin’s sons in a list purporting to be a record of those who came with Jacob into Egypt is of course irreconcilable with the narrative. But it illustrates the separate origin of these lists of names (connected with P) from the general narrative preserved by J and E. The difficulty experienced by the ordinary reader was possibly felt in very early times. The LXX gives Benjamin three sons, Bela, Chobor, and Ashbel; six grandsons, sons of Bela, viz. Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim; and one great-grandson, Ard, the son of Gera. If this list was the original form of the genealogy, it may have been modified, in order to get rid of the strange statement, that Benjamin’s grandsons and great-grandsons went down with Jacob into Egypt. Another version is given in Num_26:38-40.
Becher] In LXX Χόβωρ. Cf. 2Sa_20:1, Sheba, the Bichrite.
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Gera] Omitted in Numbers 26. In Jdg_3:15 the “judge” Ehud, the Benjamite, is the son of Gera; and in 2Sa_16:5 Shimei, of the family of Saul, the Benjamite, is the son of Gera.
Ehi] In Num_26:38, Ahiram, omitting Rosh.
Muppim] In Num_26:39, Shephupham; in 1Ch_7:12, Shuppim. Ehi, Rosh, Muppim are probably textual variations of Ahiram and Shephupham.
Ard] = 1Ch_8:3, Addar. In Num_26:40 Naaman and Ard are “sons of Bela.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) Benjamin has ten sons:
(21) Benjamin has ten sons:
Num_26:38-40. 1Ch_7:6. 1Ch_8:1-5.
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Belah,Bela,Bela,Bela,Becher,(omitted)Becher,(omitted)Ashbel,Ashbel,Jediael.Ashbel,Gera,(omitted)(given as grandson)Naaman,(given as grandson)do.Ehi,Ahiram,Aharah, Nohah,Rosh,(omitted)Rapha (?)Muppim,Shupham,(given as grandson)Huppim,Hupham,do.Ard,(given as grandson)do.
Thus in Numbers Benjamin has only five sons, but Naaman and Ard are also heads of families, and are described as sons of Bela. In Chronicles Benjamin is first described as having three sons, among whom appears Becher with numerous descendants, though omitted elsewhere, and then as having five sons, one of whom, Nohah, has a name completely different from any of those in the other three documents. And not only is Bela described as the father of Gera, Naaman, Muppim (called Sheplmphan), Huppim (called Huram), and Ard (called Addar): but also of Abihud, Abishua, Ahoah, and another Gera.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, Devouring (Gesenius);…
And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, Devouring (Gesenius); the ancient name of Zoar, one of the cities in the Jordan circle (Gen_14:2) and Becher, Young Camel" (Gesenius)and Ashbol, of God" (Gesenius), "Sprout" (Lange), "Short?" (Murphy)Gera, "a Grain" (Gesenius), "Fighter"? (Lange)and Naaman, (Gesenius)Ehi, (Lange, Murphy); = Ehud, "Joining together" (Gesenius), 1Ch_8:6; styled Ahiram (Num_26:38) and Rosh, (Gesenius) Muppim, One" (Lange); = Shupham (Num_26:38) and Shephupham, (1Ch_8:5) "Serpent"? (Gesenius)and Huppim, (Gesenius), or Hupham (Num_26:39) and Ard "Rover" (Murphy), "Ruler"? (Lange). Num_26:40 Naaman and Ard are given as the sons of Bela, and the grandsons of Benjamin; a plausible explanation of which is that Benjamin"s sons died early, and were replaced in the list of heads of families by two of Bela"s sons who had been named after them (Keil, Murphy, Inglis, et alii) In the same table of mishpachoth the names of Becher, Gem, and Rosh have been omitted, and that probably for a similar reason that they died either without issue, or without a number of descendants large enough to form independent families.
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