Berean Standard Bible

1 Chronicles 4:12-20

12Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.

13The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.1

14Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.2

15The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son3 of Elah: Kenaz.

16The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

17The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.

18And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth4 to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah.5 Mered also took a Judean6 wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

19The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.7

20The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

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Notes

1. 1 Chronicles 4:13 Vulgate and some LXX; Hebrew does not include and Meonothai. ↩
2. 1 Chronicles 4:14 Literally Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen. The Hebrew Ge-harashim means valley of craftsmen. ↩
3. 1 Chronicles 4:15 Hebrew sons ↩
4. 1 Chronicles 4:18 Literally she gave birth ↩
5. 1 Chronicles 4:18 This statement is at the end of verse 18 in the Hebrew. ↩
6. 1 Chronicles 4:18 Or Judahite ↩
7. 1 Chronicles 4:19 Or were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite ↩

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