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

20The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21Zabad his son and Shuthelah his son, also Ezer and Elead. The native-born men of Gath killed them because they came down to raid their cattle. Their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son and he called him Beriah , because evil had befallen his house. 24His daughter was Sheerah, who built both lower and upper Beth-horon, and also Uzzen-sheerah.

1 Chronicles 7:22 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• 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 37:34Jacob tore his clothing and put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.
• Job 2:11When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had come upon him, each of them came from his own place—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come and 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

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• Ephraim
• 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