1 Chronicles 7:17-27

17 The son of Ulam was B'dan. These were the descendants of Gil'ad the son of Makhir the son of M'nasheh.
18 His sister Hammolekhet [the governor] bore Ish-Hod, Avi'ezer and Machlah.
19 The sons of Sh'mida were Achyan, Sh'khem, Lik'chi and Ani'am.
20 The descendants of Efrayim were: Shutelach, his son Bered, his son Tachat, his son El'adah, his son Tachat,
21 his son Zavad and his son Shutelach; also 'Ezer and El'ad, whom the men of Gat born in the land killed when they came down to raid their cattle.
22 Efrayim their father mourned for a long time, and his kinsmen came to comfort him.
23 Then he had sexual relations with his wife, and she conceived and bore a son whom he called B'ri'ah [in calamity], because his household had suffered a calamity.
24 His daughter was She'erah, who built upper and lower Beit-Horon and Uzen-She'erah.
25 Refach was his son, and Reshef, then his son Telach, his son Tachan
26 his son La'dan, his son 'Ammihud, his son Elishama,
27 his son Nun and his son Y'hoshua.

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.

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