1 Chronicles 4
Expanded Bible
Other Family Groups of Judah
4 Judah’s descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
2 Reaiah was Shobal’s son. Reaiah was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. They were the ·family groups [clans] of the Zorathite people.
5 Tekoa’s father was Ashhur. Ashhur had two wives named Helah and Naarah.
6 Naarah gave birth to Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.
7 Helah’s sons were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, 8 and Koz. Koz was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the Aharhel ·family group [clan]. Aharhel was the son of Harum.
9 There was a man named Jabez, who was more ·respected [honorable; honored; known] than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez [C sounds like the word for “pain”] because she said, “I was in much pain when I gave birth to him.” 10 Jabez ·prayed [called/cried out] to the God of Israel, “·Please [Oh that/If only you would] ·do good things for me [bless me] and ·give me more land [enlarge/extend/expand my territory/border]. ·Stay [Keep your hand] with me, and ·don’t let anyone hurt me [keep me from harm/trouble]. ·Then […so that] I ·won’t have any [will be free from/not have to endure] pain.” And God ·did what Jabez had asked [granted/answered his request/prayer].
11 Kelub, Shuhah’s brother, was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah was the father of the people from the town of Nahash. These ·people were [are the men/descendants] from Recah.
13 The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah.
Othniel’s sons were Hathath and Meonothai. 14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.
Seraiah was the father of Joab. Joab was the ·ancestor of the people from [father/founder of] ·Craftsmen’s Valley [L Geharashim], named that because they were ·craftsmen [artisans].
15 Caleb was Jephunneh’s son. Caleb’s sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah’s son was Kenaz.
16 Jehallelel’s sons were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
19 Hodiah’s wife was Naham’s sister. The sons of Hodiah’s wife were Eshtemoa and the father of Keilah. Keilah was from the Garmite people, and Eshtemoa was from the Maacathite people.
20 Shimon’s sons were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon.
Ishi’s sons were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
Simeon’s Children
24 Simeon’s sons were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul. 25 Shaul’s son was Shallum. Shallum’s son was Mibsam. Mibsam’s son was Mishma.
26 Mishma’s son was Hammuel. Hammuel’s son was Zaccur. Zaccur’s son was Shimei. 27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so ·there were not as many people in their family group as there were in [L their clan did not grow large/multiply like the sons of] Judah.
28 ·Shimei’s children [L They] lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, 29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and Shaaraim. They lived in these cities until ·David became king [David’s reign]. 32 The five villages near these cities were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan. 33 There were also other villages as far away as ·Baalath [Baal]. ·This is where they lived [These were their settlements]. And they ·wrote the history of their family [kept genealogical records].
·These families [L Their father’s houses] grew very large. 39 They went ·outside [to the entrance/outskirts of] the city of Gedor to the east side of the valley to look for pasture for their flocks. 40 They found ·rich [fertile] and ·good [lush] pasture, and the land was ·open country [broad] and ·peaceful [undisturbed; untroubled] and quiet. Ham’s descendants had lived there ·in the past [formerly].
41 These men ·who were [whose names are] listed came to Gedor while Hezekiah was king of Judah. They ·fought against [attacked] the Hamites, destroying their tents, and also ·against [attacked] the Meunites who lived there, and ·completely destroyed them [or put them under a curse of destruction]. So there are no Meunites there even today. Then these men ·began to live there [lived there in their place], because there was pasture for their flocks. 42 Ishi’s sons, Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, led five hundred of the Simeonites and attacked ·the people living in the mountains of Edom [L the hill country of Seir; or Mount Seir]. 43 They ·killed [destroyed; defeated] the few Amalekites who were still alive. From that time until now these Simeonites have lived in Edom.
1 Chroniques 4
La Bible du Semeur
Les autres descendants de Juda
4 Descendants de Juda : Pérets, Hetsrôn, Karmi[a], Hour et Shobal. 2 Reaya, fils de Shobal, fut le père de Yahath, et Yahath celui de Ahoumaï et Lahad. Ce sont les ancêtres des familles des Tsoreatiens. 3 Fils d’Etam : Jizréel, Yishma et Yidbash, et leur sœur Hatselelponi. 4 Penouel était le père de Guedor et Ezer celui de Housha. Ce sont là les fils de Hour, premier-né d’Ephrata, père de Bethléhem[b]. 5 Ashhour, père de Teqoa, eut deux femmes, Hélea et Naara. 6 Naara lui donna ces fils : Ahouzzam, Hépher, Témeni et Ahashtari. 7 Hélea lui donna ces fils : Tséreth, Tsohar et Etnân. 8 Qots fut le père d’Anoub et de Hatsobéba, et les familles d’Aharehél, fils d’Haroum. 9 Yaebets était plus considéré que ses frères, sa mère lui avait donné le nom de Yaebets en disant : « C’est parce que je l’ai enfanté dans la douleur. » 10 Yaebets[c] invoqua le Dieu d’Israël en disant : « Si tu me bénis réellement et si tu agrandis mon territoire, si tu es avec moi, si tu éloignes de moi le malheur pour m’épargner la souffrance… » Et Dieu lui accorda ce qu’il avait demandé.
11 Keloub, frère de Shouha, eut pour fils Mehir, qui fut le père d’Eshtôn. 12 Eshtôn fut le père de Beth-Rapha, Paséah et Tehinna, le père de Ir-Nahash[d]. Ce sont là les gens qui habitèrent Réka.
13 Fils de Qenaz : Otniel et Seraya. Fils d’Otniel : Hatath 14 et Meonotaï qui fut le père d’Ophra. Seraya fut le père de Joab qui fut celui de Ge-Harashim[e]. 15 Fils de Caleb, fils de Yephounné : Irou, Ela et Naam.
Qenaz fut le fils d’Ela. 16 Fils de Yehalléléel : Ziph, Zipha, Tirya et Asaréel. 17-18 Fils d’Esdras[f] : Yéter, Méred, Epher et Yalôn. Méred épousa Bitya, une fille du pharaon, qui conçut Miryam, Shammaï et Yishbah, le père d’Eshtemoa. De sa femme judéenne, il eut Yéred, le père de Guedor, Héber, celui de Soko et Yeqoutiel, celui de Zanoah. 19 Fils de la femme de Hodiya, sœur de Naham : le père de Qeïla, le Garmite et d’Eshtemoa, le Maakathien.
20 Fils de Simon : Amnôn, Rinna, Ben-Hanan et Tilôn. Fils de Yisheï : Zoheth et Ben-Zoheth. 21 Descendants de Shéla, fils de Juda : Er, père de Léka, Laeda, père de Marésha, et les familles qui travaillent le byssus[g] à Beth-Ashbéa, 22 Yoqim, les hommes de Kozéba, Joas et Saraph, qui dominèrent sur Moab, et sur Yashoubi-Léhem. Ces choses sont anciennes. 23 C’étaient des potiers qui habitaient à Netaïm et Guedéra, près du roi, et travaillaient pour lui.
Les descendants de Siméon
24 Fils de Siméon[h] : Nemouel, Yamîn, Yarib, Zérah, Saül. 25 Son fils : Shalloum, son fils Mibsam, son fils Mishma. 26 Mishma eut pour fils Hammouel, Zakkour et Shimeï. 27 Shimeï eut seize fils et six filles. Ses frères n’eurent pas beaucoup de fils. C’est pourquoi les familles de Siméon ne se multiplièrent pas autant que les descendants de Juda. 28 Elles habitaient à Beer-Sheva, à Molada, à Hatsar-Shoual[i], 29 à Bilha, à Etsem, à Tolad, 30 à Betouel, à Horma, à Tsiqlag, 31 à Beth-Markaboth, à Hatsar-Sousim, à Beth-Bireï et à Shaaraïm. Telles furent leurs villes jusqu’au règne de David, 32 et leurs villages étaient au nombre de cinq : Etam, Aïn, Rimmôn, Tokên et Ashân. 33 Il faut ajouter tous les villages qui sont aux alentours de ces villes, jusqu’à Baal[j]. Telles furent leurs habitations et leur généalogie.
34 Meshobab ; Yamlek ; Yosha, fils d’Amatsia ; 35 Joël, Jéhu, fils de Yoshibia, fils de Seraya, fils de Asiel, 36 Elyoénaï, Yaaqoba ; Yeshohaya, Asaya, Adiel, Yesimiel, Benaya, 37 Ziza, fils de Shipheï, et petit-fils d’Allôn, lui-même descendant de Yedaya, de Shimri et de Shemaya. 38 Ces hommes qui viennent d’être nommés étaient les chefs de leurs familles, leurs groupes familiaux devinrent très nombreux 39 et ils se dispersèrent jusqu’à l’entrée de Guedor, à l’est de la vallée, afin de chercher des pâturages pour leurs moutons et chèvres. 40 Ils trouvèrent de gras et bons pâturages, et un pays vaste, tranquille et paisible ; ceux qui l’habitaient auparavant descendaient de Cham[k]. 41 Du temps d’Ezéchias, roi de Juda, ces hommes qui viennent d’être cités arrivèrent dans cette région, détruisirent les lieux d’habitation et les abris qui se trouvaient là, ils exterminèrent les habitants pour les vouer à l’Eternel, et ceux-ci ont disparu jusqu’à ce jour. Puis ils s’établirent à leur place, car il y avait là des pâturages pour leur petit bétail. 42 Il y eut aussi cinq cents descendants de Siméon, qui se rendirent dans la région montagneuse de Séir, avec, à leur tête, Pelatia, Nearia, Rephaya et Ouzziel, les fils de Yisheï. 43 Ils tuèrent le reste des rescapés d’Amalec, et ont habité là jusqu’à aujourd’hui.
Footnotes
- 4.1 Ou Caleb (voir 2.9, 18) ?
- 4.4 Le terme père pourrait aussi signifier chef (militaire ou civil ; de même, entre autres, aux v. 12, 14, 17, 18).
- 4.10 En hébreu, Yaebets fait assonance avec le terme rendu par douleur (v. 9), souffrance (v. 10).
- 4.12 Autre traduction : la ville de Nahash.
- 4.14 Autres traductions : qui fut l’ancêtre des artisans habitant la vallée des Artisans ou le fondateur de la vallée des Artisans.
- 4.17-18 Le texte hébreu traditionnel de ces versets est corrompu. Autre lecture de ces versets, d’après l’ancienne version grecque : Fils d’Esdras : Yéter, Méred, Ephar et Yalôn. Fils de Yéter : Miryam, Shammaï et Yishbah, le père d’Eshtemoa. 18 Sa femme judéenne lui enfanta Yéred, le père de Guedor, Héber, celui de Soko et Yeqoutiel, celui de Zanoah. Voici les fils de Bitya, fille du pharaon, que Méred avait épousée : …
- 4.21 Sorte d’étoffe faite avec les poils de certains animaux. Les clans familiaux étaient souvent associés à des métiers qui se pratiquaient de père en fils : tissage (v. 21), poterie (v. 23), gens instruits (2.55).
- 4.24 Voir Gn 46.10 ; Ex 6.15 ; Nb 26.12-13. La tribu de Siméon ayant son territoire au sud de celle de Juda, elle s’est trouvée assimilée à celle-ci dans le royaume du Sud, ce qui conduisit ses membres à perdre en grande partie leur identité.
- 4.28 Pour les v. 28-33 : voir Jos 19.1-8.
- 4.33 Certains manuscrits de l’ancienne version grecque et Jos 19.8 ont : Baalath.
- 4.40 Canaan est un fils de Cham (Gn 9.22). Les descendants de Cham nommés ici sont donc les Cananéens établis dans le pays avant sa conquête par les Israélites.
1 Chronicles 4
King James Version
4 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.
13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.
23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
1 Chronicles 4
New King James Version
The Family of Judah
4 The sons of Judah were (A)Perez, Hezron, [a]Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. 2 And [b]Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. 3 These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; 4 and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.
These were the sons of (B)Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.
5 And (C)Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan; 8 and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 Now Jabez was (D)more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name [c]Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my [d]territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.
11 Chelub the brother of (E)Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12 And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of [e]Ir-Nahash. These were the men of Rechah.
13 The sons of Kenaz were (F)Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were [f]Hathath, 14 and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of (G)Ge Harashim,[g] for they were craftsmen. 15 The sons of (H)Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was [h]Kenaz. 16 The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 17 The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And [i]Mered’s wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18 ([j]His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the (I)Maachathite. 20 And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
21 The sons of (J)Shelah (K)the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea; 22 also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now the [k]records are ancient. 23 These were the potters and those who dwell at [l]Netaim and [m]Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work.
The Family of Simeon(L)
24 The (M)sons of Simeon were [n]Nemuel, Jamin, [o]Jarib, [p]Zerah, and Shaul, 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son. 26 And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son. 27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, (N)nor did any of their families multiply as much as the children of Judah.
28 They dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, 29 [q]Bilhah, Ezem, [r]Tolad, 30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beth Marcaboth, [s]Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. 32 And their villages were [t]Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities— 33 and all the villages that were around these cities as far as [u]Baal. These were their dwelling places, and they maintained their genealogy: 34 Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah; 35 Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel; 36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah; 37 Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah— 38 these mentioned by name were leaders in their families, and their father’s house increased greatly.
39 So they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40 And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful; for some Hamites formerly lived there.
41 These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they (O)attacked[v] their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and (P)utterly destroyed them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there. 42 Now some of them, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, having as their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43 And they [w]defeated (Q)the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 4:1 Chelubai, 1 Chr. 2:9 or Caleb, 1 Chr. 2:18
- 1 Chronicles 4:2 Haroeh, 1 Chr. 2:52
- 1 Chronicles 4:9 Lit. He Will Cause Pain
- 1 Chronicles 4:10 border
- 1 Chronicles 4:12 Lit. City of Nahash
- 1 Chronicles 4:13 LXX, Vg. add and Meonothai
- 1 Chronicles 4:14 Lit. Valley of Craftsmen
- 1 Chronicles 4:15 Or Uknaz
- 1 Chronicles 4:17 Lit. she
- 1 Chronicles 4:18 Or His Judean wife
- 1 Chronicles 4:22 Lit. words
- 1 Chronicles 4:23 Lit. Plants
- 1 Chronicles 4:23 Lit. Hedges
- 1 Chronicles 4:24 Jemuel, Gen. 46:10; Ex. 6:15; Num. 26:12
- 1 Chronicles 4:24 Jachin, Gen. 46:10; Num. 26:12
- 1 Chronicles 4:24 Zohar, Gen. 46:10; Ex. 6:15
- 1 Chronicles 4:29 Balah, Josh. 19:3
- 1 Chronicles 4:29 Eltolad, Josh. 19:4
- 1 Chronicles 4:31 Hazar Susah, Josh. 19:5
- 1 Chronicles 4:32 Ether, Josh. 19:7
- 1 Chronicles 4:33 Baalath Beer, Josh. 19:8
- 1 Chronicles 4:41 Lit. struck
- 1 Chronicles 4:43 Lit. struck
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