1 Chronicles 7:15

15 And Machir took wives to his sons Huppim and Shuppim; and he had a sister, Maachah by name (And Machir took for a wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah/And Machir took for a wife a woman whose name was Maachah); and the name of the second son was Zelophehad, and daughters were born to Zelophehad.

1 Chronicles 7:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:15

And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim,
whose sister's name was Maachah
He married into the tribe of Benjamin, a sister of the persons mentioned, ( 1 Chronicles 7:12 ) whose name was Maachah:

and the name of the second was Zelophehad;
the second son of Manasseh, or of his posterity mentioned; for he was not his immediate son; for he was the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, ( Numbers 27:1 )

and Zelophehad had daughters;
but no sons, the names of his daughters are given, ( Numbers 26:33 ) ( 27:1 ) ( 36:11 ) ( Joshua 17:3 ) .

1 Chronicles 7:15 In-Context

13 And the sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 And the son of Manasseh was Asriel; and Sira , his secondary wife, childed Machir, the father of Gilead. (And the sons of Manasseh were Ashriel, and Machir, the father of Gilead, whom his secondary wife, the Syrian, or the Aramean, bare for him.)
15 And Machir took wives to his sons Huppim and Shuppim; and he had a sister, Maachah by name (And Machir took for a wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah/And Machir took for a wife a woman whose name was Maachah); and the name of the second son was Zelophehad, and daughters were born to Zelophehad.
16 And Maachah, the wife of Machir, childed a son (bare a son), and called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17 And the son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh;
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