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1 Chronicles 4:7

And the sonnes of Helah, were: Zereth, Iezoar, and Ethuan.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ethnan;   Jezoar;   Zereth;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zohar;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Helah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ethnan;   Jezoar;   Zereth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ashhur;   Ethnan;   Helah;   Izhar;   Jezoar;   Zereth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ethnan;   Helah;   Izhar;   Tekoa;   Zereth;   Zohar;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ethnan ;   Jezoar ;   Zereth ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eth'nan;   Jez'o-Ar;   Ze'reth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ethnan;   Helah;   Izhar;   Zereth;   Zohar;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Miriam;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Helah’s sons: Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Hel'ah were Tzeret, Tzochar, and Etnan.
King James Version
And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
English Standard Version
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
New Century Version
Helah's sons were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,
New English Translation
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,
Amplified Bible
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
World English Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Heleah were Zereth, Iezohar and Ethnan.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan,
Contemporary English Version
Ashhur and Helah were the parents of Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Hel'ah were Tzeret, Tzochar and Etnan.
Darby Translation
And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.
Easy-to-Read Version
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, and Koz.
George Lamsa Translation
And the sons of Helah were, Zereth and Jezoar and Ethnan.
Good News Translation
Ashhur and Helah had three sons: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The childre of Hellea were: Zereth, Iezohar and Ethnan.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.
King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Helah were: Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Thoada; Sereth, and Saar, and Esthanam.
English Revised Version
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the sones of Haala weren Sereth, Isaar, and Ethan.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Helah [were], Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
New King James Version
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan;
New Living Translation
Helah gave birth to Zereth, Izhar, Ethnan,
New Life Bible
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Helah, were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.

Contextual Overview

1 The sonnes of Iuda: Pharez, Hesron, Charmi, Hur, & Sobal. 2 And Reaia the sonne of Sobal begat Iahath, and Iahath begat Ahumai and Lahad: and these are the kinredes of the Zorathites. 3 And these were of the father of Etam: Iezrahel, Isma, and Idbas: and the name of their sister was Hazlelphuni. 4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Eser the father of Husa: And these are the sonnes of Hur the eldest sonne of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem. 5 And Ashur the father of Thekoa had two wyues: Helah, and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahusam, Hepher, Themeni, and Ahasthari: These were the sonnes of Naarah. 7 And the sonnes of Helah, were: Zereth, Iezoar, and Ethuan. 8 And Coz begat Anob, and Zobeba, and the kinred of Aharhel the sonne of Harum. 9 And Iabes was more honorable then his brethren: And his mother called his name Iabes, saying: because I bare him with sorowe. 10 And Iabes called on the God of Israel, saying: If thou wilt blesse me in deede, and enlarge my coastes, and shalt let thyne hande be with me, and wilt kepe me from euyll that it hurt me not. And God graunted him his desire.

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Cross-References

Genesis 3:16
But vnto the woman he sayde: I wyll very much multiplie thy sorowe, and thy griefes of chylde bearyng, In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children: thy desire [shalbe] to thy husbande, and he shall haue the rule of thee.
Genesis 4:6
And the Lorde saide vnto Cain: why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenaunce abated?
Genesis 4:8
And Cain talked with Habel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the fielde, Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother, & slewe him.
Genesis 4:9
And the Lorde said vnto Cain: where is Habel thy brother? Which sayde I wote not: Am I my brothers keper?
Genesis 4:10
And he sayde: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde.
Genesis 4:11
And nowe art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande.
Genesis 4:12
If thou tyll the grounde, she shall not yeelde vnto thee her strength. A fugitiue and a vacabound shalt thou be in the earth.
Genesis 4:13
And Cain sayde vnto the Lord: My iniquitie is more then that it may be forgeuen.
Genesis 19:21
And he sayde to hym: See, I haue receaued thy request as concernyng this thing, that I wyll not ouerthrowe this citie for the whiche thou hast spoken.
Numbers 32:23
But and if ye wyll not do so, beholde, ye haue sinned agaynst the Lorde: and be sure your sinne wyll finde you out.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the sons of Helah,....] The other wife:

were Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan: nowhere else mentioned.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 4:7. And Ethnan. — After this word we should, with the Targum, read Coz, whose posterity is mentioned in the next verse. Coz was probably the same as Kenaz.


 
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