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Person

Hushim

son of Dan

Son of Dan named among Jacob's descendants who went down to Egypt, ancestor of the Danite clan also called the Shuhamites.

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Who or what is this?

Hushim is listed in Genesis 46 as the son of Dan among the descendants of who went down to Egypt. Numbers later calls Dan's clan the Shuhamites, reflecting a related form of the same name in the tribal genealogy. No individual narrative is attached to Hushim beyond his place as the named ancestor in Dan's line.

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