1 Chronicles 4:10-20

10 Ya`betz called on the God of Yisra'el, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow! God granted him that which he requested.
11 Kelub the brother of Shuchah became the father of Mechir, who was the father of Eshton.
12 Eshton became the father of Beit-Rafa, and Pase'ach, and Techinnah the father of Ir-Nachash. These are the men of Rekhah.
13 The sons of Kenaz: `Otni'el, and Serayah. The sons of `Otni'el: Hatat.
14 Me`onotai became the father of Ofrat: and Serayah became the father of Yo'av the father of Ge-Harashim; for they were craftsmen.
15 The sons of Kalev the son of Yefunneh: Iru, Elah, and Na`am; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
16 The sons of Yehallel'el: Zif, and Zifah, Tiryah, and Asar'el.
17 The sons of Ezrah: Yeter, and Mered, and `Efer, and Yalon; and she bore Miryam, and Shammai, and Yishbach the father of Eshtemoa.
18 His wife Yehudiyah bore Yered the father of Gedor, and Hever the father of Sokho, and Yekuti'el the father of Zanoach. These are the sons of Bityah the daughter of Par`oh, whom Mered took.
19 The sons of the wife of Hodiyah, the sister of Nacham, were the father of Ke`ilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Ma`akhatite.
20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Yish`i: Zochet, and Ben-Zochet.

1 Chronicles 4:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 4

In this chapter is a further account of the tribe of Judah, and of some principal families in it, 1Ch 4:1-23 and of the tribe of Simeon, their families, cities, and villages, 1Ch 4:24-38 and of the enlargement of their borders, and conquest of the Amalekites, 1Ch 4:39-43.

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