21 (A)The sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, (B)Ehi, Rosh, (C)Muppim, [a]Huppim, and Ard.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 46:21 Hupham, Num. 26:39

The Family of Benjamin(A)

The sons of (B)Benjamin were Bela, Becher, and Jediael—three in all. The sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five in all. They were heads of their fathers’ houses, and they were listed by their genealogies, twenty-two thousand and thirty-four mighty men of valor.

The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these are the sons of Becher. And they were recorded by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor. 10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan, and the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

11 All these sons of Jediael were heads of their fathers’ houses; there were seventeen thousand two hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and battle. 12 [a]Shuppim and [b]Huppim were the sons of [c]Ir, and Hushim was the son of [d]Aher.

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The Family Tree of King Saul of Benjamin(A)

Now Benjamin begot (B)Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, [a]Aharah the third, Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. The sons of Bela were [b]Addar, Gera, Abihud, Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, Gera, [c]Shephuphan, and Huram.

These are the sons of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of (C)Geba, and who forced them to move to (D)Manahath: Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera who forced them to move. He begot Uzza and Ahihud.

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12 Of Benjamin he said:

“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him,
Who shelters him all the day long;
And he shall dwell between His shoulders.”

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38 (A)The sons of Benjamin according to their families were: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of (B)Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; 39 of (C)Shupham,[a] the family of the Shuphamites; of [b]Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were [c]Ard and Naaman: (D)of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 26:39 MT Shephupham; Shephuphan, 1 Chr. 8:5
  2. Numbers 26:39 Huppim, Gen. 46:21
  3. Numbers 26:40 Addar, 1 Chr. 8:3

36 From the (A)children of Benjamin, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 37 those who were numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

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11 from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;

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27 “Benjamin is a (A)ravenous wolf;
In the morning he shall devour the prey,
(B)And at night he shall divide the spoil.”

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