1 Chronicles 7:15-25

15 And Machir took wives to his sons Huppim and Shuppim; and he had a sister, Maachah by name (And Machir took for a wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah/And Machir took for a wife a woman whose name was Maachah); and the name of the second son was Zelophehad, and daughters were born to Zelophehad.
16 And Maachah, the wife of Machir, childed a son (bare a son), and called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17 And the son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh;
18 and Hammoleketh his sister childed a fair man, Abiezer, and Mahalah. (and his sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.)
19 And the sons of Shemidah were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
20 And the sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah; Bered, his son; Tahath, his son; Eladah, his son; and Tahath, his son;
21 and Zabad, his son; and Shuthelah, his son; and Ezer, and Elead, his sons. And [the] men of Gath born in the land killed them, for they went down to assail their possessions.
22 Therefore Ephraim, the father of them, wailed by many days; and his brethren came to comfort him. (And their father Ephraim bewailed them for many days; and his kinsmen came to comfort him.)
23 And he entered [in] to his wife, which conceived, and childed a son (and bare a son); and he called his name Beriah, for he was born in the evils of his house.
24 And his daughter was Sherah; that builded Bethhoron, the lower, and the higher, and Uzzen, and Sherah. (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Lower Bethhoron, and Upper Bethhoron, and Uzzensherah.)
25 And his son was called Rephah, and (his son was) Resheph, and (his son was) Telah, of whom was born Tahan; (And Ephraim's son was called Rephah, and his son was Resheph, and his son was Telah, and his son was Tahan;)

1 Chronicles 7:15-25 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.

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