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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[a], 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:14 Here the Hebrew text speaks of ‘an Aramean’, that is, ‘a citizen of Aram’. In Wycliffe’s time, ‘Aram’ was also called ‘Syria’. From this word, the translators mistakenly made the 1st person name, ‘Sira’.

Naphtali

13 The sons of Naphtali:(A)

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem[a]—the descendants of Bilhah.

Manasseh

14 The descendants of Manasseh:(B)

Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.(C) 15 Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maakah.

Another descendant was named Zelophehad,(D) who had only daughters.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:13 Some Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts (see also Gen. 46:24 and Num. 26:49); most Hebrew manuscripts Shallum