Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 46:10
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
10. The same as Exo 6:15. In Num 26:12 ff., and in i Chron., Ohad is omitted, possibly through similarity to Zohar.
Jamin ] In 1Ch 2:27 Jamin is a descendant of Hezron, the son of Judah. “Jamin” = “right hand” (cf. Gen 35:18), and the name indicates a Simeonite clan in the south of Judah.
Zohar ] In Num 26:13, 1Ch 4:24, Zerah. See Gen 23:8, the father of Ephron, and Gen 36:17.
the son of a Canaanitish woman ] A note recording the tradition of a well-known case, in which the tribe of Simeon had assimilated a Canaanite clan. See Gen 36:37.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Ohad is not mentioned in those parallel places, because he was then dead, and that without issue.
The son of a Canaanitish woman; which is here mentioned as a brand upon him, and as an intimation that the rest of them, except Judah, married to persons of a better race.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the sons of Simeon,…. Who was the second son of Jacob:
Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar; the first of these is called Nemuel, Nu 26:12; the third, Ohad, is omitted in the places referred to, he dying without children, as may be supposed, and so was not the head of any family; and the fourth, Jachin, is called Jarib, 1Ch 4:24; and the fifth is called Zerah, in the above place, by a transposition of letters:
and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman; whom Simeon married, very probably after the death of his first wife, by whom he had the above five sons, or she was his concubine: many Jewish writers u say, this was Dinah, married to a Canaanite, but this is impossible: according to the Targum of Jonathan, this Shaul was Zimri, who did the work of the Canaanites at Shittim, Nu 25:14, which is not at all likely, the distance of time will not admit of it.
u Jarchi in loc. Bereshit Rabba, sect. 80. fol. 70. 3. Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 3. 2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(10) Simeon has six sons, namely
Num. 26:12-13. 1Ch. 4:24.
Jemuel,
Nemuel,
Nemuel,
Jamin,
Jamin,
Jamin,
Ohad,
(omitted)
(omitted)
Jachin,
Jachin,
Jarib,
Zohar,
Zerah,
Zerah,
Shaul.
Shaul.
Shaul.
Jewish tradition represents Shaul as being really the son of Dinah by a Canaanite father, Shechem, but as adopted by Simeon to save his sisters honour, yet with a note that he was of half Canaanitish blood.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 46:10. Jachin 1Ch 4:24 he is called Jarib. The same is to be observed of several others here named, it being common to give different names to the same person, and to pronounce the same name differently.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Simeon: Gen 29:33, Gen 34:25, Gen 34:30, Gen 49:5-7, Exo 6:15, Num 1:6, Num 1:22, Num 1:23, Num 2:12, Num 2:13, Num 26:12, Num 26:13, 1Ch 2:1, 1Ch 4:24-43
Jemuel: or, Nemuel
Jachin: or, Jarib
Zohar: or, Zerah, 1Ch 4:24
Canaanitish: Gen 28:1