1 Chronicles 7:22

22 Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

1 Chronicles 7:22 in Other Translations

22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

22 Their father, Ephraim, mourned for them a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.

22 Their father Ephraim grieved a long time and his family gathered to give him comfort.

22 Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.

1 Chronicles 7:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:22

And Ephraim their father mourned many days
For the loss of his son and grandchildren for the above fact was done while the Israelites were in Egypt, and Ephraim the patriarch yet alive; nor is there any need to suppose another Ephraim, different from him:

and his brethren came to comfort him;
some of the heads of the other tribes of Israel, particularly Manasseh, with some of his family.

1 Chronicles 7:22 In-Context

20 The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,

21 Zabad his son and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the native-born men of Gath, when they went down to seize their livestock.

22 Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

23 Then he made love to his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his family.

24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon as well as Uzzen Sheerah.