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- «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_(Bible)
Dan«/b» («u»Hebrew «/u»: , «u»Standard «/u» Dan «u»Tiberian «/u» D "judgement" or "he judged") was, according to the «u»Book of Genesis «/u», a son of «u»Jacob «/u» and «u»Bilhah «/u» (the first son of Bilhah, but the fifth son of Jacob), and the founder of the «u»Israelite Tribe «/u» of «u»Dan «/u». In the biblical account, Dan's mother is only a «i»handmaid«/i», rather than a wife of Jacob..
The text of the «u»Torah «/u» explains that the name of «i»Dan«/i» derives from «i»dananni«/i», meaning «i»he has judged me«/i», in reference to Rachel's belief that she had gained a child as the result of a judgment from «u»God «/u». Apart from the view among modern scholars that the name «i»Dan«/i» originates from «i»Denyen«/i», a number of scholars have suggested that, like «u»«i»Gad «/u»«/i» deriving from «u»«i»Gad «/u»«/i» and «u»«i»Asher «/u»«/i» deriving from «u»«i»Assur «/u»«/i», «i»Dan«/i» derives from the name of a deity that was originally worshipped by the tribe«u»[2]«/u»; according to this view, the name «i»Daniel«/i» is interpreted as meaning «i»Dan is «u»El «/u»«/i», rather than meaning «i»El is my judge«/i» or «i»God is my judge«/i».
Owing to the «u»Book of Judges «/u», in the account of «u»Micah's Idol «/u», describing the tribe of Dan as having used «u»ephod «/u» and «u»teraphim «/u» in worship, and «u»Samson «/u» (a member of the tribe of Dan) being described as failing to adhere to the rules of a «u»Nazarite «/u», classical rabbinical writers concluded that Dan was very much a «u»«i»black sheep «/u»«/i»; in the «u»Book of Jeremiah «/u», the north of Canaan is associated with darkness and evil, and so rabbinical sources treated Dan as the «u»archetype «/u» of wickedness. In the «u»apocryphal «/u» «u»Testaments of the Patriarchs «/u», Dan is portrayed as having hated «u»Joseph «/u», and having been the one that invented the idea of deceiving Jacob by the smearing of Joseph's coat with the blood of a kid; in the apocryphal «u»Prayer of Asenath «/u», Dan is portrayed as plotting with the Egyptian crown prince, against Joseph and «u»Asenath «/u». In the «u»Blessing of Jacob «/u», Dan is described as a «u»«i»serpent «/u»«/i», which seems to have been interpreted as connecting Dan to «u»Belial «/u», a connection made, for example, in the apocryphal «u»Testament of Dan «/u»; early Christian writers, such as «u»Irenaeus «/u» and «u»Hippolytus «/u», even believed that the «u»Antichrist «/u» would come from the tribe of Dan, drawing the belief from a verse from the Book of Jeremiah which states «i»the snorting of [the enemy's] horses was heard from Dan«/i».
«u»John the apostle «/u» omits the tribe of Dan when mentioning the 12 tribes of the sons of Israel, in regard to the «u»144,000 «/u» sealed saints. Perhaps this is a testimony of the unworthiness of Dan. Instead of Dan, the tribe of Joseph appears twice.
- (Research):http://fabpedigree.com/s080/f407128.htm
(9th son); cursed; poss. eponym of DANAIOI
Note: 'Why did Dan remain in ships?' (Judges 5:17) The idea that Danaus son of Belus is same as Dan son of Bilhal was advanced by many classical writers. Thanks to Dim I Nticoudis for calling my attention to this. The details are unclear; in Yadin's theory the Danites migrated from Egypt to Greece, later joined the Sea-peoples, later joined the Israels with their warrior skills commemorated in the legends of Samson.
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