7:6 The sons of Benjamin: 1
Bela, Beker, and Jediael – three in all.
7:7 The sons of Bela:
Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. The five of them were leaders of their families. There were 22,034 warriors listed in their genealogical records.
7:8 The sons of Beker:
Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alameth. All these were the sons of Beker. 7:9 There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.
7:10 The son 2 of Jediael:
Bilhan.
The sons of Bilhan:
Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 7:11 All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.
7:12 The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir; the Hushites were descendants of Aher. 3
7:13 The sons of Naphtali:
Jahziel, 4 Guni, Jezer, and Shallum 5 – sons of Bilhah.
7:14 The sons of Manasseh:
Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. 6 She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. 7:15 Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. 7 (His sister’s name was Maacah.)
Zelophehad was Manasseh’s second son; 8 he had only daughters.
7:16 Maacah, Makir’s wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.
7:17 The son 9 of Ulam:
Bedan.
These were the sons of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh. 7:18 His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
1 tc The Hebrew text has simply “Benjamin,” but בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons of”) has dropped out by haplography (בְּנֵי בִּנְיָמִן, bÿney binyamin).
2 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.
3 tn The name “Aher” appears as “Ahiram” in Num 26:38.
4 tn The name “Jahziel” appears as “Jahzeel” in Gen 46:24.
5 tc Most Hebrew
5 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 1:32.
6 tn Some translations treat the terms שֻׁפִּים (shuppim) and חֻפִּים (khuppim) as proper names of individuals (“Huppim” and “Shuppim”), but others consider these forms to be plurals and refer to tribal or clan names.
7 tn Heb “and the name of the second was Zelophehad.”
7 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.