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1 Chronicles 4:2

And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, was the father of Jahath; and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahumai;   Haroeh;   Jahath;   Lahad;   Reaiah;   Shobal;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zorah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Shobal;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahumai;   Jahath;   Jezreel (2);   Lahad;   Reaiah;   Shobal;   Zorah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahumai;   Haroeh;   Jahath;   Lahad;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adiel;   Ahumai;   Chronicles, I;   Haroeh;   Hur;   Jahath;   Lahad;   Reaiah;   Shobal;   Zorah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahumai ;   Jahath ;   Lahad ;   Reaiah ;   Shobal ;   Zorathites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Reaiah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahuma'i;   Ja'hath;   La'had;   Reai'ah;   Sho'bal;   Zo'rathites, the,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahumai;   Jahath;   Lahad;   Reaiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Reaiah son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad.
Hebrew Names Version
Re'ayah the son of Shoval became the father of Yachat; and Yachat became the father of Achumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Tzor`ati.
King James Version
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
English Standard Version
Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
New Century Version
Reaiah was Shobal's son. Reaiah was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. They were the family groups of the Zorathite people.
New English Translation
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.
Amplified Bible
Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
New American Standard Bible
Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
World English Bible
Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath; and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Reaiah the sonne of Shobal begat Iahath, and Iahath begate Ahumai, and Lahad: these are the families of the Zoreathites.
Legacy Standard Bible
Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
Berean Standard Bible
Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
Contemporary English Version
Shobal was the father of Reaiah, the grandfather of Jahath, and the great-grandfather of Ahumai and Lahad. These men all belonged to the Zorathite clan.
Complete Jewish Bible
Re'ayah the son of Shoval fathered Yachat; Yachat fathered Achumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Tzor‘ati.
Darby Translation
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zoreathites.
Easy-to-Read Version
Shobal's son was Reaiah. Reaiah was Jahath's father. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. The Zorathites are descendants of Ahumai and Lahad.
George Lamsa Translation
And Lana the son of Shobal begat Nahath; and Nahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of Rehoboam.
Good News Translation
Shobal was the father of Reaiah, who was the father of Jahath, the father of Ahumai and Lahad, the ancestors of the people who lived in Zorah.
Lexham English Bible
And Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
Literal Translation
And Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath. And Jahath fathered Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Rehoia the sonne of Sobal begat Iahath. Iahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the kynreds of the Zaregathites,
American Standard Version
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Reaia the sonne of Sobal begat Iahath, and Iahath begat Ahumai and Lahad: and these are the kinredes of the Zorathites.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
King James Version (1611)
And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, begate Iahath, and Iahath begate Ahumai, & Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Rada his son; and Subal begot Jeth; and Jeth begot Achimai, and Laad: these are the generations of the Arathites.
English Revised Version
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Reaia, the sone of Sobal, gendride Geth; of whom weren borun Achymai, and Laed. These weren the kynredis of Sarathi.
Update Bible Version
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These [are] the families of the Zorathites.
New King James Version
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
New Living Translation
Shobal's son Reaiah was the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
New Life Bible
Shobal's son Reaiah was the father of Jahath. And Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
New Revised Standard
Reaiah son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Reaiah son of Shobal, begat Jahath, and, Jahath, begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These, are the families of the Zorathites.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Raia the son of Sobal begot Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai, and Laad. These are the families of Sarathi.
Revised Standard Version
Re-ai'ah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahu'mai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zo'rathites.
Young's Literal Translation
And Reaiah son of Shobal begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad; these [are] families of the Zorathite.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.

Contextual Overview

1 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal. 2 And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, was the father of Jahath; and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 3 And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi; 4 And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem. 5 And Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah had Ahuzzam by him, and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan. 8 And Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 And Jabez was honoured more than his brothers; but his mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, Because I gave birth to him with sorrow. 10 And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reaiah: 1 Chronicles 2:52, Haroeh

Zorathites: 1 Chronicles 2:53, 1 Chronicles 2:54, Joshua 15:33, Judges 13:25

Cross-References

Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.
Genesis 4:25
And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.
Genesis 4:26
And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
Genesis 9:20
In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.
Genesis 37:13
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Genesis 47:3
And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Psalms 127:3
See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.
Amos 7:15
And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.
Luke 11:51
From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was put to death between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I say to you, It will come on this generation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath,.... Reaiah is the same with Haroeh, 1 Chronicles 2:52 the names are of the same signification:

and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites; who inhabited Zoreah, as the Targum, at least part of it; see 1 Chronicles 2:53.


 
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