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Shaul

Son of Simeon by a Canaanite woman, progenitor of the Shaulite clan listed in Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers.

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Shaul was a son of , one of the twelve sons of , born to him by a woman. He is named in the lists of Simeon's sons in Genesis 46:10 and Exodus 6:15, and again in Numbers 26:13 and 1 Chronicles 4:24, where his descendants are identified as the Shaulites — a recognized clan within the tribe of Simeon. The detail that his mother was Canaanite is preserved in both Genesis and Exodus.

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