Ver. 38-41. The sons of Benjamin, after their families This tribe was numbered next to Ephraim, being under his standard. Five of the sons of Benjamin are omitted, perhaps because they died without issue, and so no families sprang from them; the names of the five sons mentioned vary a little from the names of them in ( Genesis 46:21 ) instead of Ehi, it is here Ahiram; and instead of Huppim and Muppim, it is here Shupham and Hupham; from these last five were the families of the Belaite, Ashbelite, Ahiramite, Shuphamite, and Huphamite; and from the eldest of them sprang two other families, the Ardite and Naamite, from Ard and Naaman, two sons of Bela; the number of men in these families was 45,600, so that here was an increase of 10,200.
36
The sons of Shuthelah: Eran and the Eranite clan.
37
These were the clans of Ephraim. They numbered 32,500. These are all the sons of Joseph by their clans.
38
The sons of Benjamin by clans: Bela and the Belaite clan, Ashbel and the Ashbelite clan, Ahiram and the Ahiramite clan,
39
Shupham and the Shuphamite clan, Hupham and the Huphamite clan.
40
The sons of Bela through Ard and Naaman: Ard and the Ardite clan, Naaman and the Naamite clan.
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