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Hanoch

Hanoch is a name that mostly sits in a family list. He is the eldest son of Reuben, who was Jacob’s firstborn, and he is named with his brothers Pallu, Hezron and Carmi in Genesis 46, Exodus 6 and 1 Chronicles 5. When Israel was counted in the wilderness, Numbers 26 says the family of the Hanochites came from him. The Bible tells no stories about Hanoch himself. His place in these lists shows how carefully Scripture keeps track of ordinary families, each one a branch of Israel with a name and a record.

4 verses

Genesis

Genesis 46:9

And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

Exodus

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

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:

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 5:3

The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(dedicated).

(1.) The third in order of the children of Midian. (Genesis 25:4)

(2.) Eldest son of Reuben, (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5; 1 Chronicles 5:3) and founder of the family of the Hanochites. (Numbers 26:5)

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.