Bene-jaakan

Bene-jaakan ("the sons of Jaakan") was a station on Israel's long wilderness itinerary, named after the wells of the Horite clan of Jaakan who lived in the highlands south of Edom (Genesis 36:27, 1 Chronicles 1:42, Numbers 33:31-32). The full place name in Numbers 33 reads Bene-jaakan, while Deuteronomy 10:6 calls it Beeroth Bene-jaakan ("wells of the sons of Jaakan") — emphasizing that it was a precious oasis with multiple wells in the desert. The two accounts in Numbers and Deuteronomy preserve different orderings of the late-wilderness stations: Numbers 33:31-33 lists Moseroth, then Bene-jaakan, then Hor-haggidgad and Jotbathah; Deuteronomy 10:6 lists Beeroth Bene-jaakan, then Moserah where Aaron died. The site is generally located south of the Dead Sea in the highlands of Edom or northern Arabah, possibly near Ein el-Weiba or Birein. Bene-jaakan represents the cool, life-giving water that punctuated Israel's arid forty years.