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BECHER
(Beʹcher) [young camel; firstborn].
1. The second-named son of Benjamin in the list of Jacob’s descendants at Genesis chapter 46. (See verse 21; 1 Chronicles 7:6.) It is omitted in the genealogical lists at Numbers 26:38 and 1 Chronicles 8:1, 2. His descendants through his nine sons as family heads numbered 20,200 “valiant, mighty men,” according to the account recorded at 1 Chronicles 7:8, 9.
2. Family head of Becherites (Bachrites, AV) of the tribe of Ephraim.—Num. 26:35.
