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King James Version (1611 Edition)

1 Chronicles 5:3

The sonnes, I say, of Reuben the first borne of Israel were: Hanoch, and Pallu, Ezron, and Carmi.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hanoch;   Hezron;   Pallu;   Phallu;   Reuben;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Pallu;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bohan;   Chronicles, the Books of;   Pallu;   Reuben;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Pallu;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Carmi;   Hezron;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Carmi ;   Hanoch, Henoch ;   Hezron ;   Pallu, Palluites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Kingdom of christ of heaven;   Kingdom of god;   Kingdom of heaven;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Car'mi;   Ha'noch;   Pal'lu;   Reu'ben;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Carmi;   Hanoch;   Pallu;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Carmi;   Hanoch;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn:
Hebrew Names Version
the sons of Re'uven the firstborn of Yisra'el: Hanokh, and Pallu, Hetzron, and Karmi.
King James Version
The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
English Standard Version
the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
New Century Version
Reuben was Israel's first son. Reuben's sons were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
New English Translation
The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Amplified Bible
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
New American Standard Bible
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, and Hezron and Carmi.
World English Bible
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonnes of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel, were Hanoch & Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
Legacy Standard Bible
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Contemporary English Version
Reuben had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Complete Jewish Bible
So these are the sons of Re'uven the firstborn of Isra'el: Hanokh, Pallu, Hetzron and Karmi.
Darby Translation
—the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Enoch and Phallu, Hezron and Carmi.
George Lamsa Translation
The sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Good News Translation
Reuben, the oldest of Jacob's sons, had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Enoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Literal Translation
the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children now of Ruben the first sonne of Israel are these: Hanoch, Pallu, Hesron and Charmi.
American Standard Version
the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Bible in Basic English
The sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes then of Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel, were: Henoch, Phalu, Hezron, and Charmi.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sons of Ruben the first-born of Israel; Enoch, and Phallus, Asrom, and Charmi.
English Revised Version
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the sones of Ruben, the firste gendrid sone of Israel, weren Enoch, and Phallu, Esrom, and Charmy.
Update Bible Version
the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Webster's Bible Translation
The sons, [I say], of Reuben the first-born of Israel [were], Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
New King James Version
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
New Living Translation
The sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
New Life Bible
The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons then of Ruben the firstborn of Israel were Enoch, and Phallu, Esron, and Charmi.
Revised Standard Version
the sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
THE MESSAGE
The sons of Reuben, firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

Contextual Overview

1 Now the sonnes of Reuben the first borne of Israel, (for hee was the first borne, but, forasmuch as he defiled his fathers bed, his birthright was giuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel: and the genealogie is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the chiefe rulers, but the birthright was Iosephs. 3 The sonnes, I say, of Reuben the first borne of Israel were: Hanoch, and Pallu, Ezron, and Carmi. 4 The sonnes of Ioel: Shemaiah his sonne: Gog his sonne: Shimei his sonne: 5 Micah his son: Reaia his sonne: Baal his sonne. 6 Beerah his sonne: whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, carried away captiue: He was Prince of the Reubenites. 7 And his brethren by their families (when the genealogie of their generations was reckoned) were the chiefe, Ieiel, and Zechariah, 8 And Bela the sonne of Azah, the sonne of Shema, the sonne of Ioel, who dwelt in Aroer, euen vnto Nebo, and Baalmeon. 9 And Eastward he inhabited vnto the entring in of the wildernes, from the riuer Euphrates: because their cattell were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10 And in the dayes of Saul, they made warre with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the East land of Gilead.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sons: Genesis 46:9, Exodus 6:14, Numbers 26:5-9

Hanoch: Genesis 25:4

Pallu: Genesis 46:9, Phallu, Numbers 26:5

Hezron: Genesis 46:9

Carmi: 1 Chronicles 4:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:3 - my firstborn

Cross-References

Genesis 4:25
And Adam knew his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, & called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed mee another seed in stead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 5:2
Male and female created hee them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis 5:3
And Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a sonne in his owne likenesse, after his image; and called his name Seth.
Genesis 5:14
And al the dayes of Cainan were nine hundred & ten yeres; and he died.
Genesis 5:16
And Mahalaleel liued after he begate Iared, eight hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.
Job 14:4
Who can bring a cleane thing out of an vncleane? not one.
Job 25:4
How then can man bee iustified with God? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?
Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquitie: and in sinne did my mother conceiue me.
Luke 1:35
And the Angel answered and said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the Highest shall ouershadow thee. Therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall bee called the sonne of God.
John 3:6
That which is borne of the flesh, is flesh, and that which is borne of the spirit, is spirit.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The sons, [I say], of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. As in Genesis 46:9.


 
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