1 Chronicles 7:14

1 Chronicles 7:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
• New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel.

Context of 1 Chronicles 7:14

12Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim was the son of Aher. 13The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. 15Machir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. 16Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

1 Chronicles 7:14 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה אַשְׂרִיאֵ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָלָ֑דָה פִּֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ הָֽאֲרַמִּיָּ֔ה יָלְדָ֕ה אֶת־מָכִ֖יר אֲבִ֥י גִלְעָֽד׃Read the interlinear

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• Asrielאַשְׂרִיאֵל'aώrîy'êl · AsrielH844
• whomאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• his Arameanאֲרַמִּי'ărammîy · ArameanH761
• concubineפִּלֶ֫גֶשׁpîylegesh pilegesh · concubineH6370
• boreיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• Machirמָכִירmâkîyr · MachirH4353
• the fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• of Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:14

• 1 Chronicles 2:21Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
• Genesis 50:23Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.
• Numbers 26:29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
• Numbers 27:1Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph, came near; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah and Hoglah and Milcah and Tirzah.
• Numbers 32:30but if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”
• Deuteronomy 3:13The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, all the region of Argob (concerning all Bashan, it is called the land of Rephaim.
• Joshua 13:31also half of Gilead, with Ashtaroth and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh, for half of the sons of Machir according to their families.
• Joshua 17:1Now this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.
• Judges 5:14From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down, Following you, Benjamin, with your peoples; From Machir commanders came down, And from Zebulun those who wield the staff of office.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:14

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-19These verses have several issues that suggest the Hebrew text might be damaged: Maacah is listed as both the sister and wife of Makir (1 Chronicles 7:15–16). Huppim and Shuppim were earlier listed with Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:12), not Manasseh. Those considered Gileadites (1 Chronicles 7:16–17) are vaguely linked to Gilead, whose direct descendants are not listed (compare Numbers 26:30–33). The sons of Shemida are not connected to the genealogy (1…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. The sons of Manasseh--or descendants; for Ashriel was a grandson, and Zelophehad was a generation farther removed in descent (Nu 26:33). The text, as it stands, is so confused and complicated that it is exceedingly difficult to trace the genealogical thread, and a great variety of conjectures have been made with a view to clear away the obscurity. The passage [1Ch 7:14, 15] should probably be rendered thus: "The sons of Manasseh were Ashriel, whom…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 7:14

• Asriel
• Concubinage
• Gilead

In the dictionaries

• Gilead
• Manasseh
• Machir
• Abiezer
• Aramitess
• Asriel
• Chronicles, Books of
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• Genealogy
• Manasseh (2)

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary