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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 46:23/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ״ו:כ״ג
אובני דן חשים. יתכן שהי' שנים ומת אחד מהם ולא הזכירו הכתוב או כן דרך הלשון,
1AND THE SONS OF DAN: HUSHIM. It is possible that Dan had two sons and one of them died and Scripture did not mention him.9 It is also possible that the verse employs “sons” for stylistic reasons.10 with regard to the other children, it employs the same form here for the sake of consistency (Weiser). Nahmanides (v. 7) writes, “It is Biblical style to refer to an individual in the plural form when mentioning the genealogy of any people. For example, And the sons of Dan: Hushim; (Gen. 46:23) And of the sons of Palu: Eliab (Num. 26:8).” This is apparently what I.E. had in mind (Krinsky).