Genesis 46:22

The sons of Benjamin. Belah means “devouring,” and Becher, “young male camel.” Ashbel, Gera, Muppim, and Ard are of uncertain meaning. Naaman means “pleasantness”; Ehi, “my brother”; Rosh, “head”; and Huppim, “coverings.”

In Benjamin’s genealogical list of Num. 26:40 Naaman and Ard are given as the sons of Bela, that is, the grandsons of Benjamin. A reasonable explanation is that the two sons of Benjamin, Naaman and Ard, died without offspring, and that Bela called his sons after the names of his two deceased brothers. In this way they would take not only their uncles’ names but also their position in the tribe, and become heads of families. The names of Becher, Gera, and Rosh may likewise have been omitted from the list in Num. 26 for the reason that they had died early without offspring.