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11. Gershon] In 1 Chronicles 6:16, Gershom. In Exodus 2:22 Gershom is the son of Moses. In Numbers 3:17; Numbers 3:38, the family of Gershon, and the families of Kohath and Merari, were entrusted with the care of the sanctuary.

12. As Numbers 26:20 f.

Er … Onan] See Genesis 38:3-10. The note, in this verse, on their death is probably a later insertion for the purpose of harmonizing the numerical computation in Genesis 46:15.

Shelah] See Genesis 38:5.

Perez … Zerah] See Genesis 38:29-30.

Hezron] See note on Genesis 46:9.

13. As in Numbers 26:20 f.

Tola] The judge of this name in Jdg 10:1 is also “the son of Puah,” and of the tribe of Issachar, a resemblance which can hardly be accidental.

Puvah … Iob] In 1 Chronicles 7:1, Puah, Jashub. See Numbers 26:23-24. Observe that Iob (= Yôb) is a different name from Job (= ’Iyyôb) in Job 1:1 ff.

14. As in Numbers 26:26.

Elon] The judge of this name in Jdg 12:11 is also of the tribe of Zebulon.

15. in Paddan-aram] The statement that the foregoing were the names of those born in Paddan-aram (i.e. before Jacob’s return into Canaan) cannot be understood literally. It illustrates the artificial lines upon which the genealogies were drawn up in the P narrative.

his daughter Dinah] The mention of Dinah is very probably due to an interpolation.

thirty and three] The names of the male descendants in Genesis 46:9-14 give a total of thirty-three, in which apparently Er and Onan were, at first, reckoned, but not Dinah. The mention of “his daughters” is therefore superfluous, and possibly a gloss. Later, however, Er and Onan were excluded, and the names of Jacob himself and Dinah added, in order to make up the figure.

16. sons of Gad] A different enumeration is found in 1 Chronicles 5:11-17.

Ziphion] In Numbers 26:15, Zephon. Zaphon a Gadite city, Joshua 13:27.

17. Ishvi] This name, omitted in Num., is probably due to the erroneous repetition of “Ishvah.”

Serah their sister] Notice the solitary mention of a female descendant in the younger generation.

Heber, and Malchiel] It is tempting to compare Ḥeber = “confederate” (1 Chronicles 4:18), with the Ḥabiri, and Malchiel with Milkili, the name of a prince of Southern Canaan in the Tel-el-Amarna tablets.

20. unto Joseph] Cf. Genesis 41:50-52. LXX adds to this verse “and there were born the sons of Manasseh which the concubine, the Syrian, bare unto him, Machir; and Machir begat Gilead. And the sons of Ephraim the brother of Manasseh were Soutalaam and Taam, and the sons of Soutalaam Edem.” LXX, therefore, here records five additional names.