Sunday, January 18, 2026

Genesis 46:21

 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.


a. NASB 1995: The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.  [New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.]


b. NKJV: The sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. [Scripture quotations marked "NKJV" are taken from the New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.]


c. Amplified Bible: And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.  [AMPLIFIED BIBLE 2015 AMP Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631. All rights reserved.]


d. Stone Edition THE CHUMASH, Rabbinic Commentary: Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Roah, Muppin, Huppin, and Ard.  [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE CHUMASH Copyright 1998, 2000 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ldt.]


e. ESV: And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.  [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]


f. Unless otherwise stated, all Greek and Hebrew definitions are from Blue Letter Bible


1. “And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.”


a. [And the] sons [Strong: 1121 bên, bane; from H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.):—afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, × in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, rebel, + robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, + spark, steward, + stranger, × surely, them of, + tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]


b. [of] Benjamin [Strong: 1144 Binyâmîyn, bin-yaw-mene'; from H1121 and H3225; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory:—Benjamin.]


c. [were] Belah [Strong: 1106 Belaʻ, beh'-lah; the same as H1105; Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two Israelites:—Bela.]


d. [and] Becher [Strong: 1071 Beker, beh'-ker; the same as H1070; Beker, the name of two Israelites:—Becher.]


e. [and] Ashbel [Strong: 788 ʼAshbêl, ash-bale'; probably from the same as H7640; flowing; Ashbel, an Israelite:—Ashbel.]


f. Gera [Strong: 1617 Gêrâʼ, gay-raw'; perhaps from H1626; a grain; Gera, the name of six Israelites:—Gera.]


g. [and] Naaman [Strong: 5283 Naʻămân, nah-am-awn'; the same as H5282; Naaman, the name of an Israelite and of a Damascene:—Naaman.]


h. Ehi [Strong: 278 ʼÊchîy, ay-khee'; probably the same as H277; Echi, an Israelite:—Ehi.]


i. [and] Rosh [Strong: 7720 Rôʼsh, roshe; probably the same as H7218; Rosh, the name of an Israelite and of a foreign nation:—Rosh.]


j. Muppim [Strong: 4649 Muppîym, moop-peem'; a plural apparently from H5130; wavings; Muppim, an Israelite:—Muppim.]


k. [and] Huppim [Strong: 2650 Chuppîym, khoop-peem'; plural of H2646 (compare H2349); Chuppim, an Israelite:—Huppim.]


l.  [and] Ard [Strong: 714 ʼArd, ard; from an unused root probably meaning to wander; fugitive; Ard, the name of two Israelites:—Ard.]


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