Genesis 46:23

23 En de zonen van Dan: Chusim.

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 En de zonen van Benjamin: Bela, Becher en Asbel, Gera en Naaman, Echi en Ros, Muppim en Huppim, en Ard.

22 Dit zijn de zonen van Rachel, die Jakob geboren zijn, al te zamen veertien zielen.

23 En de zonen van Dan: Chusim.

24 En de zonen van Nafthali: Jahzeel, en Guni, en Jezer, en Sillem.

25 Dit zijn de zonen van Bilha, die Laban aan zijn dochter Rachel gegeven had; en zij baarde dezelve Jakob, zij waren allen zeven zielen.