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1 Chronicles 7:17-27

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17 Ulam's son: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.
18 His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
19 Shemida's sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.[a]

Ephraim's Descendants

20 Ephraim's sons: Shuthelah, and his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath,
21 his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah, Ezer, and Elead.[b] The men of Gath who were born in the land killed Ezer and Elead because they went down to raid their cattle.
22 Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.
23 He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home.[c]
24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah,
25 his son Rephah, his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan,
26 his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama,
27 his son Nun, and his son Joshua.
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1 Chronicles 7:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 7

In this chapter are given the genealogies of the tribes of Issachar, 1Ch 7:1-5 of Benjamin, 1Ch 7:6-12 Naphtali, 1Ch 7:13, of Manasseh, 1Ch 7:14-19 of Ephraim, 1Ch 7:20-29 and of Asher, 1Ch 7:30-40, even of the chief men of them; and their numbers are reckoned as in the times of David. The tribes of Dan and Zebulun are omitted.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 3

  • [a] Nm 26:29-34
  • [b] Nm 26:35-36
  • [c] Beriah sounds like the Hb for "in misfortune."
Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers.  Used by permission.  All rights reserved.

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