Bene-Jaakan
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Bene-ja'akan. (Sons Of Jaakan). A tribe who gave their name to certain wells in the desert, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites, on their journey to Canaan. See Beeroth of the Children of Jaakan . Also given in Genesis 36:27, as Akan .
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Bene-Jaakan . A station in the journeyings, mentioned Numbers 33:31-32 (cf. Deuteronomy 10:6 , and see Beerothbene-Jaakan).
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
Numbers 33:31,32
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(Heb. Beney' Yaakan', בְּנֵי יִעֲקָן , Children Of Jaakan; Sept. Βαναία v. r. Βανικάν ; Vulg. Benejaacan ) , a tribe who gave their name to certain wells in the desert which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites on their journey to Canaan ( Numbers 33:31-32). (See Beeroth-Bene- Jaakan). The tribe doubtless derived its name from Jaakan, the son of Ezer, son of Seir the Horite ( 1 Chronicles 1:42). (See Akan); Jakan In the time of Eusebius and Jerome ( Onomast. s.v. Ι᾿Ακείμ , Beroth fil. Jacin), the spot was shown ten miles from Petra, on the top of a mountain. Robinson suggests the small fountain et-Taiyibeh, at the bottom of the pass er-Rubay under Petra, a short distance from the Arabah (Researches, 2, 583). The word "Beeroth," however, suggests, not a spring, but a group of artificial wells. In the Targum of Pseudo-Jonathan the name is given in Numbers as Akta ( בֵּירֵי עִקְתָּא ). The assemblage of fountains near the northern extremity of the Arabah is no doubt referred to. (See Exode).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
ben - ē̇ - jā´a - kan , bē - nē̇ - jā´a - kan ( בּני יעקן , benē ya‛ăḳān ̌ : Numbers 33:31 , Numbers 33:32 ). See Beeroth Bene-Jaakan .
