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Genesis 46:23

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Genesis 46:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:23

And the sons of Dan, Hushim.
] He had but one son, wherefore the plural is put for the singular, see ( Genesis 46:7 Genesis 46:15 ) ; Aben Ezra thinks he had two sons, and that one of them was dead, and therefore not mentioned; but the other way best accounts for the expression; though, as Schmidt observes, the plural may be indefinitely put, and the sense be this, as for the sons of Dan, there was only one, whose name was Hushim. Dan was a son of Jacob by Bilhah, Rachel's maid, as the following was another.

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Genesis 46:23 In-Context

21 Und die Söhne Benjamins: Bela und Beker und Aschbel, Gera und Naaman, Echi und Rosch, Muppim und Huppim und Ard.
22 Das sind die Söhne Rahels, die dem Jakob geboren wurden; aller Seelen waren vierzehn. -
23 Und die Söhne Dans: Huschim.
24 Und die Söhne Naphtalis: Jachzeel und Guni und Jezer und Schillem.
25 Das sind die Söhne Bilhas, die Laban seiner Tochter Rahel gab; und sie gebar diese dem Jakob; aller Seelen waren sieben. -
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