1 Chronicles 2:2
New International Version
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

New Living Translation
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

English Standard Version
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Berean Standard Bible
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

King James Bible
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

New King James Version
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

New American Standard Bible
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

NASB 1995
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

NASB 1977
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Legacy Standard Bible
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Amplified Bible
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Christian Standard Bible
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

American Standard Version
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

English Revised Version
Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Good News Translation
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

International Standard Version
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Majority Standard Bible
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

NET Bible
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin; Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

New Heart English Bible
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Webster's Bible Translation
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

World English Bible
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Young's Literal Translation
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Smith's Literal Translation
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephtali, Gad, and Aser.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

New American Bible
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

New Revised Standard Version
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Dan, Yoseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, Ashir.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Zabulon, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephthali, Gad, Aser.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Sons of Israel
1These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.…

Cross References
Genesis 35:23-26
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. / The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. / The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali. ...

Genesis 46:8-27
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. / The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. / The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. ...

Exodus 1:1-5
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: / Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; / Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; ...

Numbers 1:20-43
From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, / those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500. / From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, ...

Numbers 26:5-51
Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu, / the Hezronite clan from Hezron, and the Carmite clan from Carmi. / These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730. ...

Deuteronomy 27:12-13
“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. / And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Joshua 13:7-33
Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.” / The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them: / The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon, ...

Joshua 14:1-5
Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel. / Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. / For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites. ...

Joshua 15:1-20:9
Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:

Ruth 4:11
“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

Matthew 1:2-3
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. / Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.

Luke 3:33-34
the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, / the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

Acts 7:8
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

Romans 9:4-5
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises. / Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.

Romans 11:1
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.


Treasury of Scripture

Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Dan.

Genesis 30:6
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

Joseph.

Genesis 30:24
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

Benjamin.

Genesis 35:18
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

Naphtali.

Genesis 30:8
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

Gad.

Genesis 30:11
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

Asher.

Genesis 30:13
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

Genesis 35:26
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

Genesis 46:17
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

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1 Chronicles 2
1. The sons of Israel.
3. The posterity of Judah by Tamar.
13. The children of Jesse.
18. The posterity of Caleb the son of Hezron.
21. Hezron's posterity by the daughter of Machir.
25. Jerahmeel's posterity.
34. Sheshan's posterity.
42. Another branch of Caleb's posterity.
50. The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur.














Dan
The name "Dan" means "judge" in Hebrew. Dan was the fifth son of Jacob and the first son of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant. The tribe of Dan is historically significant, as it was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. In the context of the biblical narrative, Dan's descendants were known for their skills in warfare and their role in the conquest of Canaan. The tribe's territory was located in the northern part of Israel, which later became a center for idolatry, as mentioned in the Book of Judges. This serves as a reminder of the importance of faithfulness to God's commandments.

Joseph
Joseph, whose name means "He will add" in Hebrew, was the eleventh son of Jacob and the first son of Rachel. Joseph's account is one of the most detailed in the Book of Genesis, highlighting themes of providence, forgiveness, and redemption. Sold into slavery by his brothers, Joseph rose to become the second most powerful man in Egypt. His life exemplifies God's sovereignty and the fulfillment of His promises, as Joseph's leadership ultimately saved his family from famine. Joseph's legacy continued through his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who each became a tribe of Israel.

Benjamin
The name "Benjamin" means "son of the right hand" in Hebrew. Benjamin was the twelfth and youngest son of Jacob and the second son of Rachel. The tribe of Benjamin held a unique position among the tribes of Israel, often associated with valor and skill in battle. Historically, the tribe's territory included Jerusalem, which later became the capital of the united kingdom under King David. Benjamin's account is a testament to God's grace and the importance of unity among God's people, as seen in the reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers.

Naphtali
Naphtali, meaning "my struggle" in Hebrew, was the sixth son of Jacob and the second son of Bilhah. The tribe of Naphtali settled in the northern region of Israel, an area known for its beauty and fertility. In biblical history, the tribe played a significant role in the military campaigns during the conquest of Canaan. The mention of Naphtali in the New Testament, particularly in the context of Jesus' ministry in Galilee, highlights the fulfillment of prophecy and the spread of the Gospel. Naphtali's account encourages believers to persevere in faith and trust in God's plan.

Gad
The name "Gad" means "good fortune" or "troop" in Hebrew. Gad was the seventh son of Jacob and the first son of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant. The tribe of Gad settled east of the Jordan River, known for its strong warriors and strategic location. Gad's legacy is one of courage and loyalty, as the tribe often supported their fellow Israelites in times of conflict. The account of Gad reminds believers of the importance of standing firm in faith and supporting one another in the spiritual battles of life.

Asher
Asher, meaning "happy" or "blessed" in Hebrew, was the eighth son of Jacob and the second son of Zilpah. The tribe of Asher was known for its prosperity and abundance, settling in a fertile region along the Mediterranean coast. Asher's blessing from Jacob, as recorded in Genesis, speaks of richness and favor. This serves as a reminder of God's provision and the blessings that come from living in obedience to His will. Asher's account encourages believers to find joy and contentment in God's promises, trusting in His faithfulness.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Dan,
דָּ֚ן (dān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1835: Dan -- 'judge', a son of Jacob, also a place in Northern Israel

Joseph,
יוֹסֵ֣ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

Benjamin,
וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן (ū·ḇin·yā·min)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites

Naphtali,
נַפְתָּלִ֖י (nap̄·tā·lî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5321: Naphtali -- a son of Jacob, also his descendants and the district settled by them

Gad,
גָּ֥ד (gāḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1410: Gad -- a son of Jacob, also his tribe and its territory, also a prophet

and Asher.
וְאָשֵֽׁר׃ (wə·’ā·šêr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 836: Asher -- 'happy one', a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, also perhaps a city in Palestine


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