1 Chronicles 7:20-29
New American Standard Bible 1995
Descendants of Ephraim
20 (A)The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah and [a]Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take their livestock. 22 Their father Ephraim (B)mourned many days, and his relatives (C)came to comfort him. 23 Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him [b]Beriah, because misfortune had come upon his house. 24 His daughter was Sheerah, (D)who built lower and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah. 25 Rephah was his son along with Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 [c]Non his son and (E)Joshua his son.
28 (F)Their possessions and settlements were Bethel with its towns, and to the east [d]Naaran, and to the west Gezer with its towns, and Shechem with its towns as far as [e]Ayyah with its towns, 29 and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean with its towns, Taanach with its towns, Megiddo with its towns, Dor with its towns. In these lived the (G)sons of Joseph the son of Israel.
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- 1 Chronicles 7:20 In Num 26:35, Becher
- 1 Chronicles 7:23 I.e. on misfortune
- 1 Chronicles 7:27 In Ex 33:11, Nun
- 1 Chronicles 7:28 In Josh 16:7, Naarah
- 1 Chronicles 7:28 Many mss read Azzah
1 Chronicles 7:20-29
New International Version
Ephraim
20 The descendants of Ephraim:(A)
Shuthelah, Bered his son,
Tahath his son, Eleadah his son,
Tahath his son, 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,[a] because there had been misfortune in his family. 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon(B) as well as Uzzen Sheerah.
25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son,[b]
Telah his son, Tahan his son,
26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son,
Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son
and Joshua his son.
28 Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer(C) and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages. 29 Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan,(D) Taanach, Megiddo and Dor,(E) together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for misfortune.
- 1 Chronicles 7:25 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have his son.
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