Dan

Family: Israelites · Role: brother · First appears: The Wives Of The Sons Of Jacob

In the year of Joseph’s misfortune, Dan married Elflalet, daughter of the Moabite Hamudan. After a long childless period, they had a son, Hushim. Dan was a son of Jacob and brother to Joseph, Reuben, Gad and Asher; at Raamses, Jacob summoned his sons from Egypt to receive their blessings.

When the son of Pharaoh proposed an attack on Joseph, Dan and Gad forced Naphtali and Asher to join the hostile enterprise. In his testament, Dan confessed to his children, “I had resolved to kill Joseph, that good and upright man, and I rejoiced over his sale.” After speaking, he kissed his children and died.

Relationship record

Life events

• Judah's other brothers married; the chapter names their spouses and describes several subsequent marriages.(The Wives Of The Sons Of Jacob)
  • With: Reuben Elyoram Simon Dinah Levi Issachar Elflalet Gad Naphtali Amoram Merimit Uzit Asher Adon Hadorah Zebulon Maroshah
  • “In the same year, the year of Joseph's misfortune, all his other brethren married, too.”
• After a long childless period, Dan and Elflalet had a son named Hushim.(The Wives Of The Sons Of Jacob)
  • With: Elflalet Hushim
  • “For a long time their marriage remained childless, finally they had a son, whom they called Hushim.”
• Jacob summoned his sons from Egypt to receive his blessings.(The Blessing Of The Twelve Tribes · 📍 Raamses)
  • With: Jacob Joseph Reuben Simon Levi Dinah Judah Issachar Zebulon Asher Naphtali Benjamin
  • “Jacob summoned his sons from the land of Egypt, and bade them come to him at Raamses”
• The son of Pharaoh secured the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah’s agreement to attack Joseph.(Kind And Unkind Brethren)
  • With: Pharaoh's first-born son Gad Asher Naphtali
  • “Their wrath excited against Joseph by these words, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah assented to the proposition of the son of Pharaoh.”
• Dan and Gad forced Naphtali and Asher to join the hostile enterprise against Joseph.(Kind And Unkind Brethren)
  • With: Gad Asher Naphtali
  • “Naphtali and Asher did not care to have anything to do with this hostile enterprise against Joseph, but Dan and Gad forced them into it”
• In Dan's testament, Dan confessed that he had resolved to kill Joseph and rejoiced over Joseph’s sale.(Dan'S Confession)
  • With: Joseph
  • “I confess before you this day, my children, that I had resolved to kill Joseph, that good and upright man, and I rejoiced over his sale”
• Dan died after speaking to his children.(Dan'S Confession)
  • “Having spoken these words, he kissed his children, and fell asleep.”

The Wives Of The Sons Of Jacob

• married with Elflalet “Dan's wife was Elflalet, a daughter of the Moabite Hamudan.”
• child: Hushim “For a long time their marriage remained childless, finally they had a son, whom they called Hushim.”

Judah Pleads And Threatens.

• child: Hushim “when Hushim the son of Dan heard it in Canaan, he jumped into Egypt with a single leap and joined his voice with Judah's”

The Blessing Of Ephraim And Manasseh

• parent: Jacob “I had to withdraw from the reckoning the four sons, Reuben, Joseph, Dan, and Gad, that are the first-born children of their mothers.”
• siblings with Joseph “I had to withdraw from the reckoning the four sons, Reuben, Joseph, Dan, and Gad, that are the first-born children of their mothers.”
• siblings with Reuben “I had to withdraw from the reckoning the four sons, Reuben, Joseph, Dan, and Gad, that are the first-born children of their mothers.”
• siblings with Gad “I had to withdraw from the reckoning the four sons, Reuben, Joseph, Dan, and Gad, that are the first-born children of their mothers.”

The Blessing Of The Twelve Tribes

• parent: Jacob “In blessing Dan, Jacob's thoughts were occupied chiefly with his descendant Samson”

The Death Of Jacob

• parent: Jacob “Joseph, being king, shall not help to bear it, nor shall Levi, who is destined to carry the Ark of the Shekinah. Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon shall grasp its front end, Reuben, Simon, and Gad its right side, Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin the hindmost end, and Dan, Asher, and Naphtali its left side.”
• child: Hushim “Meantime, while this altercation was going on between Esau and the others, Hushim the son of Dan arose and inquired in astonishment why they did not proceed with the burial of Jacob”

Kind And Unkind Brethren

• siblings with Joseph “they would fall upon their brother, and put him out of the way.”

Dan'S Confession

• siblings with Joseph (Dan identifies himself as Jacob's son while speaking of Joseph.) “Thou, too, art the son of Jacob,”
• parent: Jacob “The spirit of envy and boastfulness goaded me on, saying, 'Thou, too, art the son of Jacob,'”

Asher'S Last Words

• siblings with Asher (Asher identifies Dan as his brother.) “Therefore ye will be dispersed abroad like unto Gad and Dan, my brethren,”
• siblings with Gad (Gad and Dan are both identified as Asher's brothers.) “Therefore ye will be dispersed abroad like unto Gad and Dan, my brethren,”

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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume II. Made with Rho MD.