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7:12 The Shuppites <08206> and Huppites <02650> were descendants <01121> of Ir <05893>; the Hushites <02366> were descendants <01121> of Aher <0313>. 7:13 The sons <01121> of Naphtali <05321>: Jahziel <03185>, Guni <01476>, Jezer <03337>, and Shallum <07967>– sons <01121> of Bilhah <01090>. 7:14 The sons <01121> of Manasseh <04519>: Asriel <0844>, who <0834> was born <03205> to Manasseh’s Aramean <0761> concubine <06370>. She also gave birth <03205> to Makir <04353> the father <01> of Gilead <01568>. 7:15 Now Makir <04353> married <03947> a wife <0802> from the Huppites <02650> and Shuppites <08206>. (His sister’s <0269> name <08034> was Maacah <04601>.) Zelophehad <06765> was Manasseh’s second <08145> son; he <06765> had only <01961> daughters <01323>. 7:16 Maacah <04601>, Makir’s <04353> wife <0802>, gave birth <03205> to a son <01121>, whom she named <08034> <07121> Peresh <06570>. His brother <0251> was Sheresh <08329>, and his sons <01121> were Ulam <0198> and Rekem <07552>. 7:17 The son <01121> of Ulam <0198>: Bedan <0917>. These <0428> were the sons <01121> of Gilead <01568>, son <01121> of Makir <04353>, son <01121> of Manasseh <04519>. 7:18 His sister <0269> Hammoleketh <04447> gave birth <03205> to Ishhod <0379>, Abiezer <044>, and Mahlah <04244>. 7:19 The sons <01121> of Shemida <08061> were <01961> Ahian <0291>, Shechem <07928>, Likhi <03949>, and Aniam <0593>. 7:20 The descendants <01121> of Ephraim <0669>: Shuthelah <07803>, his son <01121> Bered <01260>, his son Tahath <08480>, his son <01121> Eleadah <0497>, his son <01121> <01121> Tahath <08480>, 7:21 his son <01121> Zabad <02066>, his son <01121> Shuthelah <07803> (Ezer <05827> and Elead <0496> were killed <02026> by the men <0582> of Gath <01661>, who were natives <03205> of the land <0776>, when <03588> they went down <03381> to steal <03947> their cattle <04735>. 7:22 Their father <01> Ephraim <0669> mourned <056> for them many <07227> days <03117> and his brothers <0251> came <0935> to console <05162> him. 7:23 He had sexual relations <0935> with <0413> his wife <0802>; she became pregnant <02029> and gave birth <03205> to a son <01121>. Ephraim named <08034> <07121> him Beriah <01283> because <03588> tragedy <07451> had come <01961> to his family <01004>. 7:24 His daughter <01323> was Sheerah <07609>, who built <01129> Lower <08481> and Upper <05945> Beth Horon <01032>, as well as Uzzen Sheerah <0242>), 7:25 his son <01121> Rephah <07506>, his son Resheph <07566>, his son <01121> Telah <08520>, his son <01121> Tahan <08465>, 7:26 his son <01121> Ladan <03936>, his son <01121> Ammihud <05989>, his son <01121> Elishama <0476>, 7:27 his son <01121> Nun <05126>, and his son <01121> Joshua <03091>. 7:28 Their property <0272> and settlements <04186> included Bethel <01008> and its surrounding towns <01323>, Naaran <05295> to the east <04217>, Gezer <01507> and its surrounding towns <01323> to the west <04628>, and Shechem <07927> and its surrounding towns <01323> as far <05704> as Ayyah <05804> and its surrounding towns <01323>. 7:29 On <05921> the border <03027> of Manasseh’s <04519> territory were Beth-Shean <01052> and its surrounding towns <01323>, Taanach <08590> and its surrounding towns <01323>, Megiddo <04023> and its surrounding towns <01323>, and Dor <01756> and its surrounding towns <01323>. The descendants <01121> of Joseph <03130>, Israel’s <03478> son <01121>, lived <03427> here. 7:30 The sons <01121> of Asher <0836>: Imnah <03232>, Ishvah <03438>, Ishvi <03440>, and Beriah <01283>. Serah <08294> was their sister <0269>. 7:31 The sons <01121> of Beriah <01283>: Heber <02268> and Malkiel <04439>, who was the father <01> of Birzaith <01269>. 7:32 Heber <02268> was the father <03205> of Japhlet <03310>, Shomer <07763>, Hotham <02369>, and Shua <07774> their sister <0269>. 7:33 The sons <01121> of Japhlet <03310>: Pasach <06457>, Bimhal <01118>, and Ashvath <06220>. These <0428> were Japhlet’s <03310> sons <01121>. 7:34 The sons <01121> of his brother <0277> Shemer <08106>: Rohgah <07303>, Hubbah <03160>, and Aram <0758>. 7:35 The sons <01121> of his brother <0251> Helem <01987>: Zophah <06690>, Imna <03234>, Shelesh <08028>, and Amal <06000>. 7:36 The sons <01121> of Zophah <06690>: Suah <05477>, Harnepher <02774>, Shual <07777>, Beri <01275>, Imrah <03236>, 7:37 Bezer <01221>, Hod <01936>, Shamma <08037>, Shilshah <08030>, Ithran <03506>, and Beera <0878>. 7:38 The sons <01121> of Jether <03500>: Jephunneh <03312>, Pispah <06462>, and Ara <0690>. 7:39 The sons <01121> of Ulla <05925>: Arah <0733>, Hanniel <02592>, and Rizia <07525>. 7:40 All <03605> these <0428> were the descendants <01121> of Asher <0836>. They were the leaders <07218> of their families <01> <01004>, the most capable <01305> men, who were warriors <02428> <01368> and served as head <07218> chiefs <05387>. There were <04557> 26,000 <0505> <08337> <06242> warriors <0376> listed in their genealogical records <03187> as capable of doing battle <04421> <06635>.

• 1Ch 7:13 -- Naphtali's Descendants
• 1Ch 7:14-19 -- Manasseh's Descendants
• 1Ch 7:20-29 -- Ephraim's Descendants
• 1Ch 7:30-40 -- Asher's Descendants

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• Jacob

  [nave] JACOB Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau, Gen. 25:24-26; Josh. 24:4; 1 Chr. 1:34; Acts 7:8. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:2. Given in answer to prayer, Gen. 25:21. Obtains Esau's birthright for a some stew, Gen. 25:29-34...
  

• Polygamy

  [nave] POLYGAMY Forbidden, Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14, 15; Matt. 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6. Authorized, 2 Sam. 12:8. Tolerated, Ex. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3. Practiced, Job 27:15; by Lamech, Ge...
  

• Genealogy

  [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...
  

• Beriah

  [ebd] a gift, or in evil. (1.) One of Asher's four sons, and father of Heber (Gen. 46:17). (2.) A son of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:20-23), born after the slaughter of his brothers, and so called by his father "because it went evil with hi...
  [smith] (in evil, or a gift). A son of Asher. (Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:44,45) A son of Ephraim. (1 Chronicles 7:20-23) A Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:13,16) A Levite. (1 Chronicles 23:10,11)
  [nave] BERIAH 1. Son of Asher, Gen. 46:17; Num. 26:44, 45; 1 Chr. 7:30. 2. Son of Ephraim, 1 Chr. 7:20-23. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:13. 4. Son of Shimei, 1 Chr. 23:10, 11.
  

• Ithran

  [isbe] ITHRAN - ith'-ran (yithran, "excellent"): (1) A descendant of Seir the Horite, son of Dishon (Gen 36:26; 1 Ch 1:41). (2) One of the sons of Zophah of the tribe of Asher (1 Ch 7:37).
  [smith] (excellence). A son of Dishon, a Horite, (Genesis 36:26; 1 Chronicles 1:41) and probably a phylarch of a tribe of the Horim. (Genesis 36:30) (B.C. about 1800.) A descendant of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:30-40)
  [nave] ITHRAN 1. Son of Dishon, Gen. 36:26; 1 Chr. 1:41. 2. Son of Zophah, 1 Chr. 7:37.
  

• Ephraim

  [nave] EPHRAIM 1. Second son of Joseph, Gen. 41:52. Adopted by Jacob, Gen. 48:5. Blessed before Manasseh; prophecies concerning, Gen. 48:14-20. Descendants of, Num. 26:35-37; 1 Chr. 7:20-27. Mourns for his sons, 1 Chr. 7:21, 22...
  

• Shuthelah

  [smith] (noise of breaking), head of an Ephraimite family, called after him Shuthalhites, (Numbers 26:35) and lineal ancestor of Joshua the son of Numb (1 Chronicles 7:20-27)
  [nave] SHUTHELAH 1. Son of Ephraim, Num. 26:35, 36; 1 Chr. 7:20. 2. Son of Zabad, 1 Chr. 7:21.
  

• AMRAM

  [isbe] AMRAM - am'-ram (`amram, "people exalted"): (1) Father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam (Ex 6:20; Nu 26:59; 1 Ch 6:3; 23:13); and a son of Kohath, the son of Levi (Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19, etc.). It is not certain that he was literally t...
  

• Zophah

  [ebd] spreading out, a son of Helem (1 Chr. 7:35), a chief of Asher.
  [isbe] ZOPHAH - zo'-fa (tsophach, meaning uncertain): An Asherite (1 Ch 7:35,36).
  [smith] (a cruse) son of Helem or Hotham the son of Heber, an Asherite. (1 Chronicles 7:35,36)
  [nave] ZOPHAH, son of Helem, 1 Chr. 7:35, 36.
  

• ABIEZER

  [isbe] ABIEZER - ab-i-e'-zer, a-bi-e'-zer ('abhi`ezer, "father of help," or "my father is help." Iezer, Iezerite (in the King James Version Jeezer, Jeezerite), is Abiezer with the letter beth omitted): (1) A descendant of Joseph th...
  [smith] (father of help, helpful). Eldest son of Gilead, and descendant of Manasseh. (Joshua 17:2; 1 Chronicles 7:18) (B.C. 1450.) He was the ancestor of the great judge Gideon. [GIDEON] One of David?s mighty men. (2 Samuel 23...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 1

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 - 8. Principal Genealogies and Lists: In the early genealogies the particular strata to which each has been assigned by reconstructive critics is here indicated by J, the Priestly Code (P), etc. The signs...
  

• Heber

  [ebd] passing over. (1.) Son of Beriah and grandson of Asher (Gen. 46:17; 1 Chr. 7:31, 32). (2.) The Kenite (Judg. 4:11, 17; 5:24), a descendant of Hobab. His wife Jael received Sisera (q.v.) into her tent and then killed him. (3....
  [isbe] HEBER - he'-ber (chebher, "associate" or, possibly, "enchanter"; Eber): A name occurring several times in the Old Testament as the name of an individual or of a clan. (1) A member of the tribe of Asher and son of Beraiah (Ge...
  [smith] (alliance). Grandson of the patriarch Asher, (Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45; 1 Chronicles 7:31) from whom came the Heberites. (Numbers 26:45) The patriarch Eber. (Luke 3:35) [EBER] The father of Socho; a Judite. (1 Chro...
  [nave] HEBER 1. Head of a family in the tribe of Gad, 1 Chr. 5:13. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:22. 3. A son of Beriah, Gen. 46:17; Num. 26:45; 1 Chr. 7:31, 32; Luke 3:35. 4. Husband of Jael, Judg. 4:11, 17, 21; 5:24. 5. Son of Ezr...
  

• MANASSEH (2)

  [isbe] MANASSEH (2) - 1. Son of Joseph: Following the Biblical account of Manasseh (patriarch, tribe, and territory) we find that he was the eider of Joseph's two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On (Gen 41:51...
  

• Hammoleketh

  [ebd] the queen, the daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead (1 Chr. 7:17, 18). Abiezer was one of her three children.
  [smith] (the queen), a daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead. (1 Chronicles 7:17,18) (B.C. between 1706 and 1491.)
  [nave] HAMMOLEKETH, daughter of Machir, 1 Chr. 7:17, 18.
  

• Becher

  [ebd] first-born; a youth, the second son of Benjamin (Gen. 46:21), who came down to Egypt with Jacob. It is probable that he married an Ephraimitish heiress, and that his descendants were consequently reckoned among the tribe of ...
  [isbe] BECHER - be'-ker (bekher, "the firstborn"; compare HPN, 88): (1) Son of Benjamin (Gen 46:21; 1 Ch 7:6,8). (2) Son of Ephraim whose family is called Becherites (the King James Version "Bachrites"), Nu 26:35 (1 Ch 7:20 called ...
  [smith] (young or firstborn) The second son of Benjamin, according to the list in both (Genesis 46:21) and 1Chr 7:6 But omitted in (1 Chronicles 8:1) (B.C. about 1690.) Son of Ephraim, (Numbers 26:35) called BERED in (1 Chroni...
  [nave] BECHER 1. Son of Benjamin, Gen. 46:21; 1 Chr. 7:6, 8. 2. Son of Ephraim, Num. 26:35. Called Bered, 1 Chr. 7:20.
  

• Helem

  [ebd] a stroke, great-grandson of Asher (1 Chr. 7:35).
  [isbe] HELEM - he'-lem: (1) helem; Septuagint Codex Vaticanus, Balaam, omitting "son," Codex Alexandrinus, huios Elam, "son of Elam" (1 Ch 7:35). A great-grandson of Asher, called Hotham in 1 Ch 7:32. The form "Elam" appears as the...
  [smith] (strength). A descendant of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:35) A man mentioned only in (Zechariah 6:14) Apparently the same as Heldai.
  [nave] HELEM 1. A descendant of Asher, 1 Chr. 7:35. 2. Probably same as Heldai, Zech. 6:10, 14.
  

• Japhlet

  [isbe] JAPHLET - jaf'-let (yaphleT, "he escapes"(?)): In 1 Ch 7:32,33, a "son" of Heber, an Asherite.
  [smith] (whom God delivers) a descendant of Asher through Beriah. (1 Chronicles 7:32,33)
  [nave] JAPHLET, grandson of Beriah, 1 Chr. 7:33.
  

• Huppim

  [isbe] HUPPIM - hup'-im (chuppim, "coast-people"): Probably a variant form of HUPHAM (which see). From the only mention made of him (Gen 46:21; 1 Ch 7:12,15), his direct descent is difficult to establish.
  [smith] (protected), head of a Benjamite family (Genesis 46:21; 1 Chronicles 7:12) Hur (hole). A man who is mentioned with Moses and Aaron on the occasion of the battle with Amalek at Raphidim, (Exodus 17:10) when with Aaron he s...
  [nave] HUPPIM, a Benjamite, Gen. 46:21; 1 Chr. 7:12, 15.
  

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