Genesis 46:23

23 filii Dan Usim

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 filii Beniamin Bela et Bechor et Asbel Gera et Naaman et Ehi et Ros Mophim et Opphim et Ared
22 hii filii Rahel quos genuit Iacob omnes animae quattuordecim
23 filii Dan Usim
24 filii Nepthalim Iasihel et Guni et Hieser et Sallem
25 hii filii Balae quam dedit Laban Raheli filiae suae et hos genuit Iacob omnes animae septem
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