Dan
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Dan (Hebrew: דן, Dān; Greek: Δαν, Dān; Latin: Dan; "judged"), (b. Tammuz 2249 AMJuly 1754 BC
Tammuz 2006 He
Tammuz 2249 AM), was the fifth son of Jacob and first son of Bilhah. He is the ancestor of the Tribe of Dan.
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Probable birth date
Possibly in the early fall of 2248 AM, Rachel protested to Jacob concerning her lack of children. She told Jacob that if he didn't "give" her children, she would die. Jacob retorted in anger that he did not stand in the place of God, Who alone decided questions of that sort. So Rachel offered her handmaid, Bilhah, as her surrogate.
Dan was born in the next summer, and Rachel said, "God has judged me, and heard my voice, and given me a son." (Genesis 30:1-6 , Genesis 35:25 )
Dan's place in the birth order of the sons of Jacob, and the placement of the birth of Joseph in the fourteenth year of the service of Jacob to Laban, implies the year and season of Dan's birth.[1]
Entry into Egypt
In Teveth 2298 AMJanuary 1705 BC
Shevat 2055 He
Teveth 2298 AM, Dan came to Egypt permanently, having visited Egypt twice before to buy grain during the famine of 2296-2302 AM (Abib 2296 AMApril 1707 BC
Nisan 2053 He
Abib 2296 AM-Abib 2303 AMApril 1700 BC
Nisan 2060 He
Abib 2303 AM). He was 49 years old at the time and had one named son, Hushim. (Genesis 46:23 )
See Also
References
- ↑ Jones, Floyd N. The Chronology of the Old Testament. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004, p. 278.
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