Generations of Issachar, Benjamin, Manasseh, Ephraim & Asher |
1 Chronicles 7:1-40 1 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks] |
Now, [Issachar's] sons were: Tola, Puah, Jashub & Shimrom, 4. [Tola's] sons [were:] Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, Shemuel [a.k.a. Samuel,] heads of their father's [families.] |
During the days David [ruled, there were:] 22,600 valiant men of might [throughout Tola's] generations [of descendants.] [Uzzi's] son [was:] Izrahiah. [Izrahiah's] sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel & Ishiah, 5. All of them were chief men [leaders]. |
And with them were bands of soldiers, 36,000 men ready for war. By their generations of their [father's] families, for they had many wives & sons. And among their [relatives] of all the families of Issachar were 87,000 [mighty] valiant men [recorded] by their genealogies. |
[Benjamin's] sons [were:] Bela, Becher, Jediael, 3. [Bella's] sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth & Iri, 5. [They were] heads of their [father's families] & were 22,034 [mighty,] valiant men, recorded by their genealogies. |
The sons of [Becher's a.k.a. Beker:] Zemira [a.k.a. Zemirah,] Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimoth [a.k.a. Jeremoth,] Abiah [a.k.a. Abijah,] Anathoth & Alameth [a.k.a. Alemath]. All these are the sons of Becher. |
[They were] heads of their [father's families] & were 20,200 [mighty,] men of valor, recorded by their genealogies. [Jediael's] son [was:] Bilhan. [Bilhan's] sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah [a.k.a. Kenaanah,] Zethan, Tharshish [a.k.a. Tarshish] & Ahishahar. |
All these were the sons of Jediael. [They were] heads of their [father's families] & were 17,200 [mighty,] valiant men, recorded by their genealogies, soldiers fit to go out to war. |
Also, Shuppim & Huppim, [descendants] of Ir, [plus] Hushim, the [descendants] of Aher. [Naphtali's] sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer & Shallum [a.k.a. Shillem,] [which are Bilhah's descendants.] |
[Manasseh's descendants:] Ashriel, [in addition to him, Manasseh's] Aramitess [mistress gave birth to:] Machir [Makir,] the father of Gilead. Machir [married] the sister of Huppim & Shuppim, whose name was Maachah [a.ka. Makkah]. |
The name of the 2nd [wife] was Zelophehad [gave birth to:] daughters. Maachah, Machir's wife [gave birth to] a son & called him: Peresh. His [brother's] name was Sheresh & his sons were: Ulam & Rakem. |
[Ulam's] son [was:] Bedran. These were the sons of Gilead. [Gilead was] the son of Machir. [Machir was] the son of Manasseh. His sister, Hammoleketh, [gave birth to:] Ishod [a.k.a. Ishhod,] Abiezer [a.k.a. Jeezer] & Mahalah [a.k.a. Mahlah.] |
The sons of [Shemidah a.k.a. Shemida were:] Ahian Shechem, Likhi & Aniam. [The descendants of] Ephraim: [Ephraim's son was:] Shuthelah. [Shuthelah's son was: Bered. [Bered's son was:] Tahath. [Tahath's son was:] Eladah. |
[Eladah's son was:] Tahath. [Tahath's son was:] Zabad. [Zabad's sons were:] Shuthelah & Ezer & Elead. [Ezer & Elead] were killed by the men born in the land of Gath, because they came down to take their [livestock.] |
Their father, Ephraim, mourned [for] many days & his brethren came to comfort him. When he [was intimate with] his wife, she conceived & [gave birth to] a son & he named him Beriah, because of all the [tragedy] in his house. |
(And his daughter was Sherah [a.k.a. Shekrah,] who built [the Lower & Upper] Beth Horon & Uzen Sherah [a.k.a. Uzzen Sheerah].) [Zabad's sons were:] Rephah & also Resheph. Telah [was:] his son. Tahan [was:] his son. |
Laadan [was:] his son. Ammihud [was] his son. Elishama [was:] his son. Non [a.k.a. Nun was:] his son. Jehoshua [a.k.a. Joshua was:] his son. |
Their possessions & [places they lived] were [in:] Bethel & [its] towns, eastward: Naaran & westward: Gezer, with [their] towns. Also, Shechem & [its] towns [all the way] to Gaza & [its] towns. |
By the borders of the children [people] of Manasseh, Beth Shean, Taanach, Megiddo & Dor & [all of their] towns. The [people] of Joseph, the son of Israel [a.k.a. Jacob,] [lived] in these [places.] |
[Asher's] sons: Imnah, Isuah [a.k.a. Ishvah,] Ishuai [a.k.a. Ishvi] & Beriah & Serah, their sister. [Beriah's] sons: Heber & Malchiel [a.k.a. Malkiel,] who is the father of Birzavith [a.k.a. Birzaith.] |
Heber [fathered] Japhlet, Shomer & Hotham & their sister, Shua. [Japhlet's] sons: Pasach [a.k.a. Pasak,] Bimhal & Ashvath. These are the [people] of Japhlet. |
[Shamer's a.k.a. Shomer] sons: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah [a.k.a. Hubbah] & Aram. The sons of his brother, Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh & Amal. [Zophah's] sons: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran [a.k.a. Jether] & Beera. |
[Jether's] sons: Jephunneh, Pispah & Ara. And the sons of Ulla: Arah, Haniel [a.k.a. Hanniel] & Rezia [a.k.a. Rizia.] All these were the [people] of Asher. |
[They were] heads of their [father's families] & were 26,000 [of the best mighty,] valiant men, chief of the princes [leaders,] recorded by their genealogies, [who were trained for] war & battle. |