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Pallu
Separated, the second son of Reuben (1 Chr 5:3); called Phallu, Gen 46:9. He was the father of the Phalluites (Ex 6:14; Num 26:5, Num 26:8).
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- Exodus 6:14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
- Numbers 26:5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
- Numbers 26:8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
- 1 Chronicles 5:3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.