Genesis 46:10

10 The ¹sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

Genesis 46:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 46:10

And the sons of Simeon
Who was the second son of Jacob: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar;
the first of these is called Nemuel, ( Numbers 26:12 ) ( 1 Chronicles 4:24 ) ; the third, Ohad, is omitted in the places referred to, he dying without children, as may be supposed, and so was not the head of any family; and the fourth, Jachin, is called Jarib, ( 1 Chronicles 4:24 ) ; and the fifth is called Zerah, in the above place, by a transposition of letters: and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman;
whom Simeon married, very probably after the death of his first wife, by whom he had the above five sons, or she was his concubine: many Jewish writers ^F21 say, this was Dinah, married to a Canaanite, but this is impossible: according to the Targum of Jonathan, this Shaul was Zimri, who did the work of the Canaanites at Shittim, ( Numbers 25:14 ) , which is not at all likely, the distance of time will not admit of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Jarchi in loc. Bereshit Rabba, sect. 80. fol. 70. 3. Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 3. 2.

Genesis 46:10 In-Context

8 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.

9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi.

10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

12 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan ). And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 6:15

Footnotes

• [a] In Num 26:12 and 1 Chr 4:24, "Nemuel"
• [b] In 1 Chr 4:24, "Jarib"
• [c] In Num 26:13 and 1 Chr 4:24, "Zerah"