1 Chronicles 7
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1 Chronicles 7:14-29

14The descendantsH1121 of ManassehH4519:

AsrielH844 through his ArameanH761H3205 concubineH6370. She also gave birthH3205 to MachirH4353 the fatherH1 of GileadH1568. 15MachirH4353 tookH3947 a wifeH802 from among the HuppitesH2650 and ShuppitesH8206. The nameH8034 of his sisterH269 was MaacahH4601. AnotherH8145 descendant was namedH8034 ZelophehadH6765, who hadH1961H6765 only daughtersH1323. 16Machir’sH4353 wifeH802 MaacahH4601 gave birth toH3205 a sonH1121, and she named himH7121H8034 PereshH6570. His brotherH251 was namedH8034 ShereshH8329, and his sonsH1121 were UlamH198 and RekemH7552. 17The sonH1121 of UlamH198: BedanH917. 18TheseH428 were the sonsH1121 of GileadH1568 sonH1121 of MachirH4353, the sonH1121 of ManassehH4519. His sisterH269 HammolechethH4447 gave birth toH3205 IshhodH379, AbiezerH44, and MahlahH4244. 19And these wereH1961 the sonsH1121 of ShemidaH8061: AhianH291, ShechemH7928, LikhiH3949, and AniamH593.

20The descendantsH1121 of EphraimH669:

21ShuthelahH7803, BeredH1260 his sonH1121, TahathH8480 his sonH1121, EleadahH497 his sonH1121, TahathH8480 his sonH1121, ZabadH2066 his sonH1121, and ShuthelahH7803 his sonH1121. EzerH5829 and EleadH496 were killedH2026 by the nativesH582H3205H776 of GathH1661, becauseH3588 they went downH3381 to stealH3947 their livestockH4735. 22Their fatherH1 EphraimH669 mournedH56 for manyH7227 daysH3117, and his relativesH251 cameH935 to comfort himH5162. 23And again he slept withH935H413 his wifeH802, and she conceivedH2029 and gave birth toH3205 a sonH1121. So he namedH7121 himH8034 BeriahH1283,1 becauseH3588 tragedyH7451 had comeH1961 upon his houseH1004. 24His daughterH1323 was SheerahH7609, who builtH1129 LowerH8481 and UpperH5945 Beth-horonH1032, as well asH853 Uzzen-sheerahH242. 25Additionally, RephahH7506 was his sonH1121, ReshephH7566 his son,2 TelahH8520 his sonH1121, TahanH8465 his sonH1121, 26LadanH3936 his sonH1121, AmmihudH5989 his sonH1121, ElishamaH476 his sonH1121, 27NunH51263 his sonH1121, and JoshuaH3091 his sonH1121. 28Their holdingsH272 and settlementsH4186 includedH1008 BethelH1008 and its villagesH1323, NaaranH5295 to the eastH4217, GezerH1507 and its villagesH1323 to the westH4628, and ShechemH7927 and its villagesH1323 as far asH5704 AyyahH58044 and its villagesH1323. 29And alongH5921 the bordersH3027 of ManassehH1121H4519 were Beth-sheanH1052,5 TaanachH8590, MegiddoH4023, and DorH1756, together with their villagesH1323. The descendantsH1121 of JosephH3130 sonH1121 of IsraelH3478 livedH3427 in these townsH428.

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  1. 1. 1 Chronicles 7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for tragedy or disaster. ↩
  2. 2. 1 Chronicles 7:25 Some LXX manuscripts; Hebrew does not include his son. ↩
  3. 3. 1 Chronicles 7:27 Or Non ↩
  4. 4. 1 Chronicles 7:28 Ayyah is another name for Gaza; see also LXX. ↩
  5. 5. 1 Chronicles 7:29 Beth-shean is a variant of Beth-shan; see 1 Samuel 31:10 and 2 Samuel 21:12. ↩

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