And the sons of Benjamin
The second son of Jacob by his wife Rachel; whose sons
[were] Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman,
Ehi, and Rosh,
Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard;
in all one hundred and ten. It is a difficulty to account for it,
that Benjamin, Jacob's youngest son, often called a lad at this
time, and generally supposed to be about twenty three or four
years of age, should have so many sons: some think he had more
wives than one, which is not likely, since we never read of any
of Jacob's sons that had more than one at a time; and others,
that his sons were born twins, and so had them in a little time,
which is a much better solution of the difficulty: but others are
of opinion, that though the greater part of them might be born in
Canaan, yet others might be born in Egypt; and being denominated
from the greater part, and that being put for the whole, may be
reckoned among the descendants into Egypt; and even those that
were in Egypt, being born while Jacob was alive, might be said to
descend there in his loins; which may be the best of the ways
proposed for removing this difficulty: though I should rather
think they were all born before the descent into Egypt, the whole
narrative seems to require this of them all; for otherwise many
more might be, said to descend in the loins of Jacob, or in the
loins of his sons, which would greatly increase the number of
those said to go down with him, after mentioned: to which it may
be added, that Benjamin was at least thirty two years of age, and
so may very well be thought to have had these children before he
went to Egypt.
Genesis 46:21
