With the exception of Dan, the sons of Jacob are listed in the sequence in which they occur in Gen. 35:23-26, and with the further omission of Joseph, as they appear in Ex. 1:1-4. The order is as follows: first the six sons of Leah, the first wife; then, out of order, Dan; next, the two sons of Rachel, the second wife; then the other son of Bilhal, the first concubine; and last, the two sons of Zilpah, the second concubine. Instead of appearing in the order in which his name would occur as the first son of Bilhah, Dan appears after the six sons of Leah. This is the position his name occupies among the sons of Jacob when the prophetic blessing was pronounced by Jacob before his death (Gen. 49:16). See Gen. 46:8-25; Num. 1:5-15, 20-47; 13:4-15; 26:5-48; Deut. 33:6-24 for other listings of these names.