The eldest son of Benjamin (Num. 26:38; “Belah,” Gen. 46:21).
- Gen.46: And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
- Num.26: The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:
- Num.26: And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
- 1Chr.7: The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
- 1Chr.7: And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
- 1Chr.8: Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
- 1Chr.8: And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,