Bela

Gender: Male

Years: -1706 - -1452

Dictionary Text: The eldest son of Benjamin; “Belah,”.

Disambiguation Notes: Bela (Benjamin's firstborn)

Family Members

• Father: Benjamin
• Siblings:
  • Ashbel
  • Ehi
  • Nohah
  • Ard
  • Gera
  • Shupham
  • Ahiram
  • Huram
  • Jediael
  • Rapha
  • Becher
• Children:
  • Iri
  • Abihud
  • Naaman
  • Ezbon
  • Uzziel
  • Ard
  • Abishua
  • Addar
  • Gera
  • Ahoah
  • Jerimoth
  • Uzzi

Verses

• 1 Chronicles 8:1: Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
• 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:
• 1 Chronicles 8:3: And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
• 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.
• 1 Chronicles 7:6: The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
• 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.
• 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.