Jaakan(jakan)
“He shall surround, or one who surrounds”
Summary
A son of Ezer, a Horite chief descended from Seir, whose descendants gave their name to a wilderness station visited by Israel during the Exodus.
☩Identity
Jaakan was a son of Ezer, who was himself a son of Seir the Horite (Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42). He is also called Akan in Genesis 36:27. His descendants, the Bene-Jaakan ('children of Jaakan'), gave their name to a place in the wilderness that became one of Israel's encampments during the Exodus wanderings.
☩The Wilderness Station
In Numbers 33:31 the order is from Moseroth to Bene-jaakan, while in Deuteronomy 10:6 it is from the wells (Beeroth) of the children of Jaakan to Mosera. Scholars suggest Israel probably visited these two places twice: once on the first march toward Canaan from Mosera to Bene-jaakan, and again in the fortieth year when the march was differently directed.
Related Verses5 mentions
References
- 1.George Morrish, "Jaakan," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Jaakan," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).