Vayigash 46:23 · unit 1

TT #21 · Parashas Vayigash · Passuk 46:23

The Complete Passuk

וּבְנֵי־דָ֖ן חֻשִֽׁים׃

And the sons of Dan: Chushim.

Torah Temimah points to Bava Basra 143b.

TT lemma: ובני דן חשים.

Core Text

וּבְנֵי דָן חֻשִׁים — תַּנָּא דְבֵי חִזְקִיָּה: שֶׁהָיוּ מְרוּבִּים כְּחוּשִׁים שֶׁל קָנֶה.

English: “And the sons of Dan: Chushim” — the school of Chizkiyah taught: they were numerous like the shoots of a reed.

On the daf / in context: Part of the seventy-soul list; the plural form is noted despite the single named son.

Derash on the verse (midrashic genealogy) — not a formal named middah of the 13.

Dan’s contribution to the seventy is represented by his son Chushim, listed in the plural pattern of the other tribes.