Genesis 46:23

23 Die Kinder Dans: Husim.

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.

Genesis 46:23 In-Context

21 Die Kinder Benjamins: Bela, Becher, Asbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Ros, Muppim, Huppim und Ard.

22 Das sind die Kinder von Rahel, die Jakob geboren sind, allesamt vierzehn Seelen.

23 Die Kinder Dans: Husim.

24 Die Kinder Naphthalis: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer und Sillem.

25 Das sind die Kinder Bilhas, die Laban seiner Tochter Rahel gab, und sie gebar Jakob die sieben Seelen.