Dan

son of Jacob and founder of the Israelite Tribe of Dan

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Spouse: Aphlaleth
Children: Hushim (son)
Parents: Jacob (father) Bilhah (mother)
Relatives: Reuben (half brother), Simeon (half brother), Levi (half brother), Judah (half brother), Naphtali (brother), Gad (half brother), Asher (half brother), Issachar (half brother), Zebulun (half brother), Dinah (half sister), Joseph (half brother), Benjamin (half brother)

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According to the Book of Genesis, Dan (Hebrew: דָּן, Dān, "judgment" or "he judged") was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Bilhah (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 Israelite Tribe of Dan. He was the father of Hushim, according to Gen 46:23. Samson was a descendant of Dan.

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