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Becher

Meaning: first-born; a youth

Becher is the 2nd son of the patriarch Benjamin (Genesis 46:21), who came down to Egypt with Jacob.

It is probable that he married an Ephraimitish heiress, and that his descendants were consequently reckoned among Ephraim (Numbers 26:35; 1 Chronicles 7:20-21). They are not counted among the descendants of Benjamin (Numbers 26:38).

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