Becher with different vowels would mean firstborn; and the original reading in Genesis 46 may have been Bela bechoro — “Bela his firstborn,” as in 1 Chronicles 8:1.

Jediael, friend of God, may be a substitute for Ashbel, i.e., Eshbaal, man of Bel or Baal. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 3:8, Eliada for Beeliada.) Ashbel is the second son of Benjamin in Numbers 26 and 1 Chronicles 8, and the third (perhaps second) in Genesis 46

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