Dan

Dan is a Jacob's son living at the time of the Patriarchs, from the tribe of Dan. He is named in 6 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 30:6.

Family

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 30:6
  And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
• Genesis 35:25
  And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
• Genesis 46:23
  And the sons of Dan; Hushim.The son of Dan: Hushim.
• Genesis 49:16
  Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
• Genesis 49:17
  Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 2:2
  Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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.