Dan
Dan is the fifth son of Jacob by Bilhah and the speaker of the Testament of Dan on anger and lying. In the hundred and twenty-fifth year of his life, during his last days, he called together his family and spoke to his sons, urging them to hearken to the words of the mouth of their father.
Dan prophesied that they should forget the law of their God and should be alienated from the land of their inheritance, from the race of Israel, and from their kindred. As he had prophesied unto them, so also it came to pass.
Biography
- Occupation
- Patriarch
- Father
- Jacob
- Mother
- Bilhah
- Era
- Patriarchal
Family
Key Chapters
Key Passages
Dan in Testaments 79
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 79:1
The record of the words of Dan, which he spake to his sons in his last days....
1he record of the words of Dan, which he spake to his sons in his last days.
Read full chapter: The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 79 →
Dan in Testaments 85
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 85:3
Nevertheless, as Dan had prophesied unto them that they should forget the law of their God, and should be alienated from...
3evertheless, as Dan had prophesied unto them that they should forget the law of their God, and should be alienated from the land of their inheritance, and from the race of Israel, and from their kindred, so also it came to pass.
Read full chapter: The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 85 →
Did You Know?
Dan gave his testament in the hundred and twenty-fifth year of his life.
He confesses that he rejoiced when Joseph was sold, because their father loved Joseph more than the others.
Dan says the spirit of anger urged him to devour Joseph as a leopard devours a kid.
In Zebulun's account it is Dan who proposes killing a young goat and dipping Joseph's coat in its blood.
After his burial his sons carried his bones up to rest beside Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.