sons of sorrow
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
BENE-JAAKAN.A station in the journeyings, mentioned Num_33:31-32 (cf. Deu_10:6, and see Beerothbene-Jaakan).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Bene-ja'akan. (sons of Jaakan). A tribe who gave their name to certain wells in the desert, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites, on their journey to Canaan. See Beeroth of the Children of Jaakan. Also given in Gen_36:27, as Akan.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ben-ē̇-jā?a-kan, bē-nē̇-jā?a-kan (בּני יעקן, benē ya‛ăḳāň: Num_33:31, Num_33:32). See BEEROTH BENE-JAAKAN.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Bene-jaakan
(Heb. Beney' Yaakan', בְּנֵי יִעֲקָן, Children of Jaakan; Sept. Βαναία v. r. Βανικάν; Vulg. Benejaacan), a tribe who gave their name to certain wells in the desert which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites on their journey to Canaan (Num_33:31-32). SEE BEEROTH-BENE- JAAKAN. The tribe doubtless derived its name from Jaakan, the son of Ezer, son of Seir the Horite (1Ch_1:42). SEE AKAN; JAKAN. In the time of Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Ι᾿ακείμ, Beroth fil. Jacin), the spot was shown ten miles from Petra, on the top of a mountain. Robinson suggests the small fountain et-Taiyibeh, at the bottom of the pass er-Rubay under Petra, a short distance from the Arabah (Researches, 2, 583). The word Beeroth, however, suggests, not a spring, but a group of artificial wells. In the Targum of Pseudo-Jonathan the name is given in Numbers as Akta (בֵּירֵי עִקְתָּא). The assemblage of fountains near the northern extremity of the Arabah is no doubt referred to. SEE EXODE.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.