1 Chronicles 7:23

23 Then he made love to his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah,^[a] because there had been misfortune in his family.

1 Chronicles 7:23 in Other Translations

23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

23 And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.

23 Afterward Ephraim slept with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because of the tragedy his family had suffered.

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.

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.

1 Chronicles 7:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:23

And when he went in to his wife
After his grief and sorrow in part at least had subsided:

she conceived and bare a son;
which in some measure made up for the loss he had sustained:

and he called his name Beriah;
which signifies being "in evil" or calamity, he being born in an evil time:

because it went evil with his house;
or evil was in his house, as Noldius ^F13, in his family; a great calamity had befallen it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Ebr. Concord. Part. No. 750. p. 165.

1 Chronicles 7:23 In-Context

21 Zabad his son and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the native-born men of Gath, when they went down to seize their livestock.

22 Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

23 Then he made love to his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his family.

24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon as well as Uzzen Sheerah.

25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son,Telah his son, Tahan his son,

Footnotes

• [a]. "Beriah" sounds like the Hebrew for "misfortune."