38. Benjamin. This tribe, like that of Manasseh, was also under the standard of Ephraim. There were altogether seven families, of which five were named after sons, and two after grandsons. When the sons of Benjamin went into Egypt there were ten of them (Gen. 46:21), but here in Num. 26:38, 39 there are but five. Five had either died or left no offspring. Time had brought changes in the spelling of their names, and the genealogies in some places are difficult to reconcile.
Bela. Bela and Ashbel are named as in Genesis.
Ahiram. The Ehi of Gen. 46:21, and Aharah of 1 Chron. 8:1.