1 Chronicles 7:6

“The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.] Benjamin had ten sons, but three only are mentioned first; the latter of these seems to be the same with Ashbel, (<014621>Genesis 46:21).”

“OF BENJAMIN. (Ch1 7:6-12) The sons of Benjamin--Ten are named in Gen 46:21, but only five later (Ch1 8:1; Num 26:38). Perhaps five of them were distinguished as chiefs of illustrious families, but two having fallen in the bloody wars waged against Benjamin (Jdg 20:46), there remained only three branches of this tribe, and these only are enumerated. Jediael--Or Asbel (Genesis 46. 21).”

“Three - In Genesis, ten “sons” of Benjamin are mentioned; in Numbers, five (marginal references). Neither list, however, contains Jediael who was perhaps a later chieftain. If so, “son” as applied to him means only “descendant.” It is conjectured that Becher has disappeared from the lists in 1 Chronicles 8:0 and in Numbers, because he, or his heir, married an Ephraimite heiress, and that his house thus passed over in a certain sense into the tribe of Ephraim, in which the “Bachrites” are placed in Numbers Numbers 26:35. He retains, however, his place here, because, by right of blood, he really belonged to Benjamin. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Three - They were ten, Gen 46:25, and five of them are named, Ch1 8:1, but here only three are mentioned, either because these were most eminent; or because the other families are now extinct. 1 Chronicles 7:7”

“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…”

“Sons and families of Benjamin. - In Ch1 7:6 only three sons of Benjamin-Bela, Becher, and Jediael - are mentioned; and in Ch1 7:7-11 their families are registered. Besides these, there are five sons of Benjamin spoken of in Ch1 8:1-2, \- Bela the first, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth; while in Ch1 7:3-5 five other בּנים are enumerated, viz., אדּר, גּרא (twice), נעמן, שׁפוּפן, and חוּרם. If we compare here the statements of the Pentateuch as to the genealogy of Benjamin, we find in Gen 46:21 the following sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi (אחי) and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard (ארדּ); and in Num 26:38-40 seven families, of…”