בֵּן
ben (H1121A)
son: child
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# The Hebrew Word בֵּן (ben): "Son" and Beyond The Hebrew word *ben* appears 3,053 times throughout the Bible, making it one of the language's most frequently used terms. Its primary meaning is straightforward: "son" or "child," referring to a male descendant. However, the sheer frequency of its occurrence reflects how central familial relationships and descent were to biblical thought and communication. The word served not merely as a kinship term but as a foundational concept in genealogies, legal matters, and the organization of Israelite society. Beyond its literal sense, *ben*'s extensive use suggests it functioned as a flexible linguistic tool for expressing relationships and categories. The 3,053 occurrences indicate the term extended into broader contexts—identifying people by their parentage, marking tribal and clan affiliations, and establishing lines of inheritance and succession. Its prevalence underscores how Hebrew culture expressed identity and status fundamentally through family lineage and generational connection, making *ben* essential vocabulary for understanding biblical narratives, legal codes, and genealogical records that structure much of the biblical text.
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To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”
A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on Yahweh’s name.
The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters
Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.
Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.
In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth—the sons of Noah—and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship—
“Go out of the ship, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.
Noah went out, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him.
God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
The sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.
Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan.
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood.
Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan.
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