John Gill Commentary Genesis 46:10

"And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman." — Genesis 46:10 (ASV)

And the sons of Simeon Who was the second son of Jacob: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar; the first of these is called Nemuel, (Numbers 26:12) (1 Chronicles 4:24) ; the third, Ohad, is omitted in the places referred to, he dying without children, as may be supposed, and so was not the head of any family; and the fourth, Jachin, is called Jarib, (1 Chronicles 4:24) ; and the fifth is called Zerah, in the above place, by a transposition of letters.

and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman; whom Simeon married, very probably after the death of his first wife, by whom he had the above five sons, or she was his concubine: many Jewish writers ^F21 say, this was Dinah, married to a Canaanite, but this is impossible: according to the Targum of Jonathan, this Shaul was Zimri, who did the work of the Canaanites at Shittim, (Numbers 25:14) , which is not at all likely, the distance of time will not admit of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F21: Jarchi in loc. Bereshit Rabba, sect. 80. fol. 70. 3. Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 3. 2.