1 Chronicles 7:22-32

22 Their father Ephraim grieved a long time and his family gathered to give him comfort.
23 Then he slept with his wife again. She conceived and produced a son. He named him Beriah (Unlucky), because of the bad luck that had come to his family.
24 His daughter was Sheerah. She built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah.
25 Rephah was Ephraim's son and also Resheph; Telah was his son, Tahan his son,
26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
27 Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
28 They occupied Bethel and the neighboring country from Naaran on the east to Gezer and its villages on the west, along with Shechem and its villages, and extending as far as Ayyah and its villages.
29 Stretched along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their satellite villages. The families descended from Joseph son of Israel lived in all these places.
30 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; Serah was their sister.
31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel, who had Birzaith.
32 Heber had Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister.

1 Chronicles 7:22-32 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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