1 Chronicles 7:22

1 Chronicles 7:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
• New International Version (NIV)Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Context of 1 Chronicles 7:22

20And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 21And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. 24(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth–horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen–sherah.)

1 Chronicles 7:22 word by word

וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֛ל אֶפְרַ֥יִם אֲבִיהֶ֖ם יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶחָ֖יו לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• And Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• their fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• mournedאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and his brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to comfortנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:22

• Genesis 37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
• Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:22

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Ephraim is recorded as the father of Ezer and Elead. However, Ephraim, the son of Joseph, could not have settled in Canaan after the Exodus. Traditionally, people imagined an early exodus for Ephraim's family. Other possibilities include that the name Ephraim is a scribal error or that Ephraim referred to the tribe, not Joseph's son.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 7:22

• Beriah
• Ephraim

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Beriah
• Amram
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Dan
• Shuthelah

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