The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
The sons of Simeon after their families. It is supposed that this tribe had been preeminent in the guilt of Baal-peor, and had consequently been greatly reduced in numbers.
Nemuel (cf. 1 Chronicles 4:24) - or Jemuel (Genesis 46:10) [Septuagint, Namoueel]. Gesenius pronounces the form of this word adopted in Genesis to be the correct one, while that in this passage and in Chronicles he declares to have arisen from an error in transcription. The third son of Simeon mentioned, apparently as the head of an Israelite family, in Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15, was Ohad х 'Ohad (H161); Septuagint, Aood]; but the name is omitted from the list in this passage, as also in 1 Chronicles 4:24, having become extinct through failure of progeny, or it may be by the ravages of the fatal plague that carried off the transgressors at Baal-peor.
Jachin - or Jarib (1 Chronicles 4:24).