Jaakan

'''Jaakan''' (Anglicized, já-a-kan), meaning "he twists", is a [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] name. In the [[Hebrew Bible]], Jaakan is one of the sons of [[Ezer]], the son of Seir the [[Horite]] ([http://bible.cc/1_chronicles/1-42.htm 1 Chronicles 1:42]). Jaakan is spelt "Akan" in {{bibleverse||Genesis|36:27|HE}}.

'''Jaakan''' (Anglicized, já-a-kan), meaning "he twists", is a [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] name. In the [[Hebrew Bible]], Jaakan is one of the sons of Ezer, the son of Seir the [[Horite]] ([http://bible.cc/1_chronicles/1-42.htm 1 Chronicles 1:42]). Jaakan is spelt "Akan" in {{bibleverse||Genesis|36:27|HE}}.

There is also a reference to a location [[Be'eroth Bene-Jaakan]], the wells of the children of Jaakan, in {{bibleverse||Numbers|33:31-32|HE}} and {{bibleverse||Deuteronomy|10:6|HE}}, a place where the [[Israelites]] camped on their [[The Exodus|Exodus]] journey from [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] to the [[Promised Land]].

There is also a reference to a location [[Be'eroth Bene-Jaakan]], the wells of the children of Jaakan, in {{bibleverse||Numbers|33:31-32|HE}} and {{bibleverse||Deuteronomy|10:6|HE}}, a place where the [[Israelites]] camped on their [[The Exodus|Exodus]] journey from [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] to the [[Promised Land]].