KJV King James Version
And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
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Genesis 46:21
And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
WEB World English Bible
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
ASV American Standard Version
And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
Surrounding context — Genesis 46
18 These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, [even] sixteen souls.
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
21 And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 These [are] the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls [were] fourteen.
23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבְנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childבִנְיָמִ֗ןH1144 · bin.ya.minBenjaminבֶּ֤לַעH1106 · be.laBelaוָבֶ֙כֶר֙H1071 · be.kherBecherוְאַשְׁבֵּ֔לH788 · ash.belAshbelגֵּרָ֥אH1617 · ge.raGeraוְנַעֲמָ֖ןH5283 · na.a.manNaamanאֵחִ֣יH278 · e.chiEhiוָרֹ֑אשׁH7220 · roshRoshמֻפִּ֥יםH4649 · mup.pimMuppimוְחֻפִּ֖יםH2650 · chup.pimHuppimוָאָֽרְדְּ׃H714 · ardArd
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 7:6-12[The sons] of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.1 Chronicles 8:1-7Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,Numbers 1:11Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.Deuteronomy 33:12[And] of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; [and the LORD] shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.Numbers 26:38-40The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:Numbers 1:36-37Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;Genesis 49:27Benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
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