Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 4:24

"The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;" — 1 Chronicles 4:24 (ASV)

III.—THE TRIBE OF SIMEON: ITS CLANS, AND THEIR SETTLEMENTS AND CONQUESTS (1 Chronicles 4:24–43).

The sons of Simeon. —The Pentateuch contains three lists of sons of Simeon, namely, Genesis 46:10, Exodus 6:15, and Numbers 26:12. Genesis and Exodus name six sons; Numbers agrees with the Chronicles in naming five, the Ohad of Genesis and Exodus being omitted. In place of our Jarib Numbers has Jachin; the other names are the same. Genesis and Exodus read Jemuel and Zohar for Nemuel and Zerah. Exodus 6:15 calls Shaul son of a Canaanitess. The mixed race of Shaul was the only Simeonite clan that became populous (1 Chronicles 4:25–27). The other clans are not further noticed by this genealogy.