Bamidbar 26:38

38 The Bnei Binyamin after their Mishpekhot: of Bela, the Mishpakhat HaBale’i; of Ashbel, the Mishpakhat HaAshbeli; of Achiram, the Mishpakhat HaAchirami;

Bamidbar 26:38 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Bamidbar 26:38 In-Context

36 And these are the Bnei Shutelach: of Eran, the Mishpakhat HaErani.

37 These are the Mishpekhot Bnei Ephrayim according to those that were numbered of them, 32,500. These are the Bnei Yosef after their Mishpekhot.

38 The Bnei Binyamin after their Mishpekhot: of Bela, the Mishpakhat HaBale’i; of Ashbel, the Mishpakhat HaAshbeli; of Achiram, the Mishpakhat HaAchirami;

39 Of Shefufam, the Mishpakhat HaShufami; of Chupham, the Mishpakhat HaChufami.

40 And the Bnei Bela were Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the Mishpakhat HaAredi; and of Naaman, the Mishpakhat HaNa’ami.