1 Chronicles 7:20-29

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.[a] 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.[b]
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.
28 Their holdings and settlements were Bethel and its villages; Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages,
29 and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, and Dor and its villages. The sons of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

1 Chronicles 7:20-29 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.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Nm 26:35-36
  • [b]. Beriah sounds like the Hb for "in misfortune."
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