Dan
fifth-born son of Jacob (GEN 30:5), son of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid
PersonTribe of Danmale35 verses
Names
- Dan — דָּֽן dan “judge” (H1835) · Δαν Dan — Genesis 30:6
Family
- father of Hushim (son of Dan) (inferred)
Ancestry
- ancestor of Ahisamach (inferred)
- ancestor of Dibri (inferred)
- ancestor of Ammishaddai (inferred)
- ancestor of Gemalli
- ancestor of Jogli (inferred)
- ancestor of Jeroham (father of Azarel) (inferred)
Siblings
- brother of Naphtali (inferred)
- half-brother of Gad (seventh-born son of Jacob, son of Zilpah…) (inferred)
- half-brother of Asher (inferred)
- half-brother of Issachar (ninth-born son of Jacob, son of Leah) (inferred)
- half-brother of Zebulun (inferred)
- half-brother of Dinah (inferred)
- half-brother of Joseph (eleventh-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
- half-brother of Benjamin (twelfth-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Dan* — 2,258 AH · 1,704 BC · aged 0 — Genesis 30:6
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Birthplace
- Paddan-aram — Birth of Dan* (Genesis 35:26)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Damascus — 1 shared verse
- Dan — 1 shared verse
- Eltekeh — 1 shared verse
- Eshtaol — 1 shared verse
- Gibbethon — 1 shared verse
- Hamath 1 — 1 shared verse
- Hazar-enan — 1 shared verse
- Hethlon — 1 shared verse
- Lebo-hamath — 1 shared verse
- Zorah — 1 shared verse
Appearances
- Genesis 30:6
- Genesis 35:25
- Genesis 46:23
- Genesis 49:16
- Genesis 49:17
- Exodus 1:4
- Exodus 31:6
- Exodus 35:34
- Exodus 38:23
- Leviticus 24:11
- Numbers 1:12
- Numbers 1:38
and 23 further references.
Topical references
- 1. Fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah — Genesis 30:6; Genesis 35:25
- Descendants of — Genesis 46:23; Numbers 26:42; Numbers 26:43
- Blessed of Jacob — Genesis 49:16; Genesis 49:17
- Census of — Numbers 1:39; Numbers 26:42; Numbers 26:43
- Inheritance of, according to the allotment of Joshua — Joshua 19:40
- Of Ezekiel — Ezekiel 48:1
- Position of, in journey and camp, during the exodus — Numbers 2:25; Numbers 2:31; Numbers 10:25
- Blessed by Moses — Deuteronomy 33:22
- Fail to conquer the Amorites — Judges 1:34; Judges 1:35
- Conquests by — Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:27
- Deborah rebukes, for their cowardice — Judges 5:17
- Idolatry of — Judges 18
- Commerce of — Judges 5:17; Ezekiel 27:19
- Also called LAISH, and LESHEM — Genesis 14:14; Deuteronomy 34:1; Judges 20:1; Jeremiah 8:16
- Captured by the people of Dan — Joshua 19:47
- Idolatry established at — Judges 18; 1 Kings 12:28; 1 Kings 12:29; Amos 8:14
- Capture by Ben-hadad — 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Chronicles 16:4
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.