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Who is Dan?
        DAN
        (judge), the fifth son of Jacob, and the first of Bilhah, Rachel's maid. Gen 30:6. Nothing is known personally of the patriarch. The prediction uttered by Jacob respecting him, Gen 49:16-17, is variously interpreted. It is probable that the elevation of his tribe to an equal rank with the others, notwithstanding that he was born of a concubine, was foretold in v. Ex 17:16, and the residue of the prediction may allude to the subtle and crafty disposition of his descendants. Indeed, we know that Samson, who was among the most noted of them, was remarkably successful in stratagem, Jud 14-15; and perhaps the same trait was characteristic of their tribe. Jud 18:26-27. It is noticeable that the tribe of Dan is omitted from the numbering in Rev 7. Because of this, and because Dan first introduced idolatry into Israel, Jud 18, many of the fathers maintained that Antichrist would come from Dan.


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