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1 Chronicles 4:13

And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hathath;   Kenaz;   Othniel;   Seraiah;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Hathath;   Seraiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hathath;   Othniel;   Seraiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hathath;   Kenaz;   Kenizzite;   Seraiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Hathath;   Kenizzites;   Seraiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hathath ;   Kenaz ;   Othniel ;   Seraiah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Othniel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ha'thath;   Oth'ni-El;   Sera'iah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hathath;   Jephunneh;   Kenaz;   Meonothai;   Othniel;   Seraiah;   Uknaz;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Kenaz;   Othniel;   Seraiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Kenaz’s sons: Othniel and Seraiah.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Kenaz: `Otni'el, and Serayah. The sons of `Otni'el: Hatat.
King James Version
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
English Standard Version
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
New Century Version
The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's sons were Hathath and Meonothai.
New English Translation
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
New American Standard Bible
Now the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai.
World English Bible
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Kenaz were Othniel and Zeraiah, and the sonne of Othniel, Hathath.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai.
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
Contemporary English Version
Kenaz was the father of Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel had two sons: Hathath and Meonothai,
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of K'naz: ‘Otni'el and S'rayah. The son of ‘Otni'el: Hatat.
Darby Translation
—And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Easy-to-Read Version
The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's sons were Hathath and Meonothai.
George Lamsa Translation
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Jophaniah. The name of his first-born was Elah, and the name of the second was Naam, and the name of the third was Kenaz, and the name of the fourth was Ashiph, and the name of the fifth was Jamoael, and the name of the sixth was Jahrob.
Good News Translation
Kenaz had two sons, Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel also had two sons, Hathath and Meonothai.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the son of Othniel was Hathath.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Kenas were: Athniel and Saraia. The childre of Athniel were, Hathath.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes of Kenas: Othniel, and Saraia: And the sonne of Othniel was, Hathath.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Kenaz: Othniel, and Saraia: and the sonnes of Othniel, Hathath.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Kenez; Gothoniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Gothoniel; Athath.
English Revised Version
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the sones of Cenez weren Othonyel, and Saraia.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
New King James Version
The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath, [fn]
New Living Translation
The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's sons were Hathath and Meonothai.
New Life Bible
The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's son was Hathath.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Kenaz, were Othniel, and Seraiah, - and, the sons of Othniel, Hathath.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Cenez were Othoniel, and Saraia. And the sons of Othoniel, Hathath, and Maonathi.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Kenaz: Oth'ni-el and Serai'ah; and the sons of Oth'ni-el: Hathath and Meo'nothai.
Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and sons of Othniel: Hathath.
THE MESSAGE
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai.

Contextual Overview

11 And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12 And Eshton was the father of Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. 13 And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath. 14 And Meonothai was the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge-harashim; they were expert workmen. 15 And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz. 16 And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel. 17 And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. 18 And his wife, a woman of the tribe of Judah, became the mother of Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. 19 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 20 And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth; and the son of Zoheth. ••• Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Kenaz: Joshua 15:17, Judges 1:13, Judges 3:9-11

Hathath: or, Hathath and Meonathai, who begat, etc

Reciprocal: Judges 3:11 - Othniel 1 Chronicles 27:15 - Othniel

Cross-References

Job 15:22
He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
Revelation 16:9
And men were burned with great heat: and they said evil things against the name of the God who has authority over these punishments; and they were not turned from their evil ways to give him glory.
Revelation 16:11
And they said evil things against the God of heaven because of their pain and their wounds; and they were not turned from their evil works.
Revelation 16:21
And great drops of ice, every one about the weight of a talent, came down out of heaven on men: and men said evil things against God because of the punishment of the ice-drops; for it is very great.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the sons of Kenaz,.... Who was either the son of Chelub, or of Eshton:

Othniel, and Seraiah; the first of these is he who is mentioned, Joshua 15:17 and was the first judge in Israel:

and the son of Othniel, Hathath; and the next mentioned.


 
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