Dan autobiography
Dan autobiography
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Dan (son of Jacob)
Biblical figure and the fifth son of Jacob through his concubine Bilhah
For the place, see Dan (ancient city).
According to the Book of Genesis, Dan (Hebrew: דָּן, Dān, "judgment" or "he judged")[2] was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Bilhah[3] (Jacob's fifth son).
His mother, Bilhah, was Rachel's handmaid, who becomes one of Jacob's concubines (Book of Genesis, Genesis 35:22). In the Biblical account, he is the founder of the IsraeliteTribe of Dan. He was the father of Hushim, according to Gen 46:23.
Samson was a descendant of Dan.
Name
The text of the Torah explains that the name of Dan derives from dananni, meaning "he has judged me", in reference to Rachel's belief that she had gained a child as the result of a judgment from God.[4] Dan's mother was Bilah not Rachel
Biblical references
Owing to the Book of Judges, in the account of Micah's Idol, describing the Tribe of Dan as having used ephod and ter