Benjamin begot Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second. The text says “Ashbel the second” when he was really the third; for the sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, and Ashbel (Genesis 46:21). Indeed, above it does say “Bela, Becher” (7:6). But because it does not mention Becher [here], it says “Ashbel the second.” It does not mention Becher here much as it does not mention him in parashat Pineḥas—just: “Of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites” (Numbers 26:38). Now in parashat Vayyiggash (Genesis 46:21) the text lists ten sons for Benjamin, whereas in Pineḥas (Numbers 26:38–39) it only lists five! Perhaps these five were the clan chiefs for Benjamin. That would also be why it does not list Becher here even though it lists him in the first account. Also, in Vayyiggash (Genesis 46:21) the text lists Ard and Naaman among the sons of Benjamin, whereas in Pineḥas (Numbers 26:40) it lists them among the sons of Bela! Perhaps in Vayyiggash it includes grandsons with sons. Alternatively, it says “The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman” because Bela named his sons for his brothers. In Pineḥas, the text also presents the names differently from the way it presents them in Vayyiggash, as this book does [here] and in many places besides it, as we have written (1 Chronicles 6:18). But our Sages, of blessed memory (Numbers Rabbah 21:8), say that those families missing in Pineḥas perished in the wilderness in the affair of Balaam. What will they say, though, concerning Becher, who is not mentioned in Pineḥas but is mentioned above in this book (7:8–9)—himself, his family, and the numbers they reached in the time of David?