Dan (son of Jacob)

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According to the Book of Genesis, Dan (Hebrew: דָּן, Dān, "judgment" or "he judged") was Jacob's fifth son and the first of the two sons of Jacob and Bilhah. His mother, Bilhah, was Rachel's handmaid, who became one of Jacob's concubines (Book of Genesis, Genesis 35:22). In the biblical narrative, he is the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Dan. He was the father of Hushim, according to Genesis 46:23, and Samson was a descendant of Dan.

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