Children of Jaakan (Num. 33:31, 32), the same as Beeroth.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Concept
Bene-Jaakan
Name meaning: sons of sorrow (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(sons of Jaakan), a tribe who gave their name to certain wells in the desert which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites on their journey to Canaan. [Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan BENE-JAAKAN] Also given in (Genesis 36:27) as Akan.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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