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Text -- 1 Chronicles 4:1-18 (NET)
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Judah’s Descendants
4:1 The descendants of Judah : Perez , Hezron , Carmi , Hur , and Shobal .
4:2 Reaiah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath , and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad . These were the clans of the Zorathites .
4:3 These were the sons of Etam : Jezreel , Ishma , and Idbash . Their sister was Hazzelelponi .
4:4 Penuel was the father of Gedor , and Ezer was the father of Hushah . These were the descendants of Hur , the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem .
4:5 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives , Helah and Naarah .
4:6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam , Hepher , Temeni , and Haahashtari . These were the sons of Naarah .
4:7 The sons of Helah : Zereth , Zohar , Ethnan ,
4:8 and Koz , who was the father of Anub , Hazzobebah , and the clans of Aharhel the son of Harum .
4:9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers . His mother had named him Jabez , for she said , “I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.”
4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel , “If only you would greatly bless me and expand my territory ! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain !” God answered his prayer .
4:11 Kelub , the brother of Shuhah , was the father of Mehir , who was the father of Eshton .
4:12 Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha , Paseah , and Tehinnah , the father of Ir Nahash . These were the men of Recah .
4:13 The sons of Kenaz : Othniel and Seraiah . The sons of Othniel : Hathath and Meonothai.
4:14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah . Seraiah was the father of Joab , the father of those who live in Ge Harashim , who were craftsmen .
4:15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh : Iru , Elah , and Naam . The son of Elah : Kenaz .
4:16 The sons of Jehallelel : Ziph , Ziphah , Tiria , and Asarel .
4:17 The sons of Ezrah : Jether , Mered , Epher , and Jalon . Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam , Shammai , and Ishbah , the father of Eshtemoa .
4:18 (His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor , Heber the father of Soco , and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah .) These were the sons of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah , whom Mered married .
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NET Notes: 1Ch 4:13 “Meonothai” is read here by some mss of the LXX, along with the Vulgate. The name apparently was dropped from the Hebrew text by haplograp...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 4:14 Heb “the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen.” The name “Ge Harashim” means “valley of craftsmen.”
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NET Notes: 1Ch 4:17 The Hebrew text has simply, “and she gave birth to,” without identifying the subject. The words “Mered’s wife Bithiah” a...
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