Places in the Bible · Settlement

Bene-jaakan

Bene-jaakan is a settlement mentioned in 2 verses. Its most likely location is Birein. The name means “sons of sorrow.”

Where is Bene-jaakan?

Approx. 30.7918, 34.4725 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Possible modern locations

IdentificationTypeConfidence
BireinsettlementMedium

Bene-jaakan in the Bible dictionary

Children of Jaakan (Num. 33:31, 32), the same as Beeroth.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →

Verses that mention Bene-jaakan

  • Numbers 33:31

    And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene–jaakan.

  • Numbers 33:32

    And they removed from Bene–jaakan, and encamped at Hor–hagidgad.