Bela (son of Benjamin)

Bela (son of Benjamin) is a man living at the time of Egypt and the wilderness, from the tribe of Benjamin. He is named in 7 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 46:21.

Family

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 46:21
  And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

Numbers

• Numbers 26:38
  The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans: The Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram,
• Numbers 26:40
  And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.And the descendants of Bela from Ard and Naaman were the Ardite clan from Ard and the Naamite clan from Naaman.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 7:6
  The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.The three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
• 1 Chronicles 7:7
  And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies.
• 1 Chronicles 8:1
  Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was the second born, Aharah the third,
• 1 Chronicles 8:3
  And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,The sons of Bela:

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.