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Righteous Patriarch Dan

Also known as Dan son of Jacob

The fifth son of the Patriarch Jacob and the first by Bilhah, and forefather of the tribe of Dan.

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The fifth son of the Patriarch Jacob and the first by Bilhah, and forefather of the tribe of Dan.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; Genesis 29–30, 49