* of Benjamin.
In the parallel place of Genesis, ten sons of Benjamin are
reckoned, Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh,
Muppim, Huppim, and Ard; and in Numbers, five only are
mentioned, Bela, Ashbel, Ahiraim, Shupham, and Hupham; and Ard
and Naaman are said to be the sons of Bela, and consequently
Benjamin's grandsons. In the beginning of the following
chapter, also, five are only mentioned, Bela, Ashbel, Aharah,
Nohah, and Rapha; and Addar, Gera, Abihud, Abishua, Naaman,
Ahoha, another Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram, are all
represented as grandsons, not sons of Benjamin: hence we see
that in many cases, grandsons are called sons, and both are
often confounded in the genealogical tables. It seems, also,
that the persons mentioned in the following verses were
neither sons nor grandsons of Bela and Becher, but
distinguished persons among their descendants.
8:1-12 Ge 46:21 Nu 26:38-41
* Jediael.
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