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JPS Old Testament

1 Chronicles 4:7

And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.

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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the sonnes of Helah, were: Zereth, Iezoar, and Ethuan.
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 sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 3 And these were [the sons of] the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi; 4 and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur the first-born of Ephrath, the father of Beth-lehem. 5 And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bore him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Timeni, and Ahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan. 8 And Koz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying: 'Because I bore him with pain.' 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying: 'Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that Thy hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest work deliverance from evil, that it may not pain me!' And God granted him that which he requested.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.'
Genesis 4:6
And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:8
And Cain spoke unto Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Genesis 4:9
And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Where is Abel thy brother?' And he said: 'I know not; am I my brother's keeper?'
Genesis 4:10
And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground.
Genesis 4:11
And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
Genesis 4:12
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.'
Genesis 4:13
And Cain said unto the LORD: 'My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 19:21
And he said unto him: 'See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
Numbers 32:23
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD; and know ye your sin which will find you.

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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