Genèse 46:23

23 Fils de Dan: Huschim.

Genèse 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.

Genèse 46:23 In-Context

21 Fils de Benjamin: Béla, Béker, Aschbel, Guéra, Naaman, Ehi, Rosch, Muppim, Huppim et Ard.

22 Ce sont là les fils de Rachel, qui naquirent à Jacob. En tout, quatorze personnes.

23 Fils de Dan: Huschim.

24 Fils de Nephthali: Jathtseel, Guni, Jetser et Schillem.

25 Ce sont là les fils de Bilha, que Laban avait donnée à Rachel, sa fille; et elle les enfanta à Jacob. En tout, sept personnes.