Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
Shuppim also, and Huppim. They are called, Genesis 46:21, Muppim and Huppim, and, Numbers 26:39. Hupham, or Huram, 1 Chronicles 8:5, and Shephuphan, 1 Chronicles 8:5: they were the children of Ir, or Iri. (1 Chronicles 7:7).
And Hushim the sons (son) of Aher. Aher signifies 'another,' and some eminent critics, taking Aher as a common noun, render the passage thus-`and Hushim, another son.' Lord A. Hervey considers Aher a variation of Ehi (Genesis 46:21) and Ahiram (Numbers 26:38). Shuppim, Muppim, and Hushim are plural words, and therefore denote, not individuals, but the heads of their respective families; and as they were not comprised in the above enumeration (1 Chronicles 7:7; 1 Chronicles 7:9), they are inserted here in the form of an appendix. Some render the passage 'Hushim, the son of another,' i:e., tribe or family. The name occurs among the sons of Dan (Genesis 46:23); and it is presumption in favor of this being the true rendering, that after having recorded the genealogy of Naphtali (1 Chronicles 7:13), the sacred historian adds, 'the sons of Bilhah, the handmaid, who was the mother of Dan and Naphtali.' We naturally expect, therefore, that these two will be noticed together, but Dan is not mentioned at all, if not in this passage.