Dan's Journey Map

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Bilhah bears Dan; Rachel says God has judged her and heard her voice.
GEN.30.6

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. {Dan: that is, Judging}

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Dan

Dan was the first son Bilhah bore to Jacob, and Rachel named him for the judgement she believed God had given in her favour. Jacob's blessing called him a serpent by the way, and his tribe, settled in the far north, was the first to fall into idolatry.

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Journey Timeline

  1. Birthc. 1917 BC

    Haran

    Bilhah bears Dan; Rachel says God has judged her and heard her voice.

    GEN 30:6

  2. Into Egyptc. 1876 BC

    Egypt

    Dan goes down into Egypt with one son, Hushim.

    GEN 46:23

  3. Jacob's blessingc. 1859 BC

    Egypt

    Jacob says Dan shall judge his people, a serpent by the way.

    GEN 49:16

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