Vine-dresser. (1.) The last named of the four sons of Reuben (Gen. 46:9).
(2.) A descendant of Judah (1 Chr. 4:1). He is elsewhere (2:18) called Caleb (q.v.).
(3.) The son of Zimri, and the father of Achan (Josh. 7:1), “the troubler of Israel.”
Carmi
Carmi is a name that appears twice in a list of Israel’s families, and once in a story about a family’s shame. Genesis 46:9 names him as a son of Reuben. Joshua 7 tells of another Carmi, whose grandson Achan took what God had put under a ban, and “the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.” First Chronicles 2:7 remembers Achan’s line as “the troubler of Israel.” The verses do not say whether the two Carmis were the same man. Read Joshua 7 to see how one person’s secret choice affected a whole people.
4 verses
Genesis
Genesis 46:9
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
Joshua
Joshua 7:1
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
Joshua 7:18
And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 2:7
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(vine dresser).
(1.) The fourth son of Reuben, the progenitor of the family of the Carmites. (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:6; 1 Chronicles 5:3)
(2.) A man of the tribe of Judah, father of Achan, the "troubler of Israel." (Joshua 7:1,18; 1 Chronicles 2:7; 4:1)