1 Chronicles 4
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1 Chronicles 4:8-22

8and KozH6976, who was the father ofH3205 AnubH6036 andH853 ZobebahH6637 and of the clansH4940 of AharhelH316 sonH1121 of HarumH2037.

9Now JabezH3258 wasH1961 more honorableH3513 than his brothersH251. His motherH517 had named himH7121H8034 JabezH3258,1 sayingH559, “BecauseH3588 I boreH3205 him in painH6090.”

10And JabezH3258 called outH7121 to the GodH430 of IsraelH3478H559, “If onlyH518 You would bless meH1288 and enlargeH7235 my territoryH1366! May Your handH3027 beH1961 with meH5973 and keep meH6213 from harmH7451, so that I will be freeH1115 from painH6087.” And GodH430 grantedH935 the requestH7592 ofH853 Jabez.

11ChelubH3620 the brotherH251 of ShuhahH7746 was the father ofH3205 MehirH4243, whoH1931 was the fatherH1 of EshtonH850.

12EshtonH850 was the father ofH3205 Beth-raphaH1051, of PaseahH6454, and of TehinnahH8468 the fatherH1 of Ir-nahashH5892H5904. TheseH428 were the menH582 of RecahH7397.

13The sonsH1121 of KenazH7073: OthnielH6274 and SeraiahH8304. The sonsH1121 of OthnielH6274: Hathath and MeonothaiH2867.2

14MeonothaiH4587 was the father ofH3205 OphrahH6084, and SeraiahH8304 was the father ofH3205 JoabH3097, the fatherH1 of those living inH1516 Ge-harashimH2798, which was given this name becauseH3588 its people wereH1961 craftsmenH2796.3

15The sonsH1121 of CalebH3612 sonH1121 of JephunnehH3312: IruH5900, ElahH425, and NaamH5277. The sonH11214 of ElahH425: KenazH7073.

16The sonsH1121 of JehallelelH3094: ZiphH2128, ZiphahH2129, TiriaH8493, and AsarelH840.

17The sonsH1121 of EzrahH5834: JetherH3500, MeredH4778, EpherH6081, and JalonH3210.

18And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birthH20295 to MiriamH4813, ShammaiH8060, and IshbahH3431 the fatherH1 of EshtemoaH851. TheseH428 were the childrenH1121 of Pharaoh’sH6547 daughterH1323 BithiahH1332.6 Mered alsoH4778 tookH3947 a JudeanH30577 wifeH802, who gave birth toH3205 JeredH3382 the fatherH1 of GedorH1446, HeberH2268 the fatherH1 of SocoH7755, and JekuthielH3354 the fatherH1 of ZanoahH2182.

19The sonsH1121 of Hodiah’sH1941 wifeH802, the sisterH269 of NahamH5163, were the fathersH1 of KeilahH7084 the GarmiteH1636 and of EshtemoaH851 the MaacathiteH4602.8

20The sonsH1121 of ShimonH7889: AmnonH550, RinnahH7441, Ben-hananH1135, and TilonH8436. The descendantsH1121 of IshiH3469: ZohethH2105 and Ben-zohethH1132.

21The sonsH1121 of ShelahH7956 sonH1121 of JudahH3063:

22ErH6147 the fatherH1 of LecahH3922, LaadahH3935 the fatherH1 of MareshahH4762 and the clansH4940 of the linenH948H1004 workersH5656 at Beth-ashbeaH1004H791, JokimH3137, the menH582 of CozebaH3578, and JoashH3101 and SaraphH8315, whoH834 ruledH1166 in MoabH4124 and Jashubi-lehemH3433. (These names are from ancientH6267 recordsH1697.)

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain or distress. ↩
  2. 2. 1 Chronicles 4:13 Vulgate and some LXX; Hebrew does not include and Meonothai. ↩
  3. 3. 1 Chronicles 4:14 Literally Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen. The Hebrew Ge-harashim means valley of craftsmen. ↩
  4. 4. 1 Chronicles 4:15 Hebrew sons ↩
  5. 5. 1 Chronicles 4:18 Literally she gave birth ↩
  6. 6. 1 Chronicles 4:18 This statement is at the end of verse 18 in the Hebrew. ↩
  7. 7. 1 Chronicles 4:18 Or Judahite ↩
  8. 8. 1 Chronicles 4:19 Or were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite ↩

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