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Numbers 26:38

These are the sons of Joseph by their families. The sons of Benjamin in their kindreds: Bela, of whom is the family of the Belaites: Asbel, of whom is the family of the Asbelites: Ahiram, of whom is the family of the Ahiramites:

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Isti sunt filii Joseph per familias suas. Filii Benjamin in cognationibus suis : Bela, a quo familia Belaitarum : Asbel, a quo familia Asbelitarum : Ahiram, a quo familia Ahiramitarum :
Septuagint (Swete) shown from Numbers 26:42
Υἱοὶ Βενιαμεὶν κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν· τῷ Βάλε, δῆμος ὁ Βαλεεί· τῷ Ἀσυβήρ, δῆμος ὁ Ἀσυβηρεί· τῷ Ἰαχειράν, δῆμος ὁ Ἰαχειρανεί·
Hebrew (WLC)
בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִן֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לְבֶ֗לַע מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת֙ הַבַּלְעִ֔י לְאַשְׁבֵּ֕ל מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הָֽאַשְׁבֵּלִ֑י לַאֲחִירָ֕ם מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הָאֲחִירָמִֽי

Haydock's commentary

Bela was the father of two families, ver. 40. The other five children of Benjamin probably left no issue, Genesis xlvi. 21. (Du Hamel)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.