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Literal Standard Version

1 Chronicles 5:13

and their brothers of the house of their fathers [are] Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber—seven.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Eber;   Gad;   Heber;   Jachan;   Jorai;   Meshullam;   Michael;   Sheba;   Zia;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Eber;   Jachan;   Meshullam;   Michael;   Zia;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Heber (1);   Jachan;   Jorai;   Meshullam;   Michael;   Sheba (1);   Zia;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Eber;   Heber;   Jacan;   Jorai;   Meshullam;   Michael;   Sheba;   Zia;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jacan;   Jorai;   Meshullam;   Michael;   Sheba;   Zia;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Heber ;   Jachan ;   Jorai ;   Meshullam ;   Michael ;   Sheba ;   Zia ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Kingdom of christ of heaven;   Kingdom of god;   Kingdom of heaven;   Smith Bible Dictionary - He'ber;   Ja'chan;   Jor'a-I;   Meshul'lam;   Mi'chael;   Zi'a;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eber;   Genealogy;   Heber;   Jacan;   Jareb;   Jorai;   Meshullam;   Michael;   Zia;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their relatives according to their ancestral houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven.
Hebrew Names Version
Their brothers of their fathers' houses: Mikha'el, and Meshullam, and Sheva, and Yorai, and Ya`kan, and Zia, and `Ever, seven.
King James Version
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
English Standard Version
And their kinsmen according to their fathers' houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven.
New Century Version
The seven relatives in their families were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.
New English Translation
Their relatives, listed according to their families, included Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.
Amplified Bible
Their relatives from the households of their fathers: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.
New American Standard Bible
Their relatives of their fathers' households were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.
World English Bible
Their brothers of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were Michael, and Meshullam, & Sheba, and Sorai, and Iacan, and Zia and Eber, seuen.
Legacy Standard Bible
Their relatives of their fathers' households were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.
Berean Standard Bible
Their kinsmen by families were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber-seven in all.
Contemporary English Version
Their relatives included Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.
Complete Jewish Bible
The houses of their fathers' brothers were: Mikha'el, Meshulam, Sheva, Yorai, Ya‘kan, Zia and ‘Ever — seven altogether.
Darby Translation
And their brethren according to their fathers' houses were Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jaachan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
Easy-to-Read Version
The seven brothers in their families were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.
George Lamsa Translation
These are the sons of Abihail, the son of Khuri, the son of Zerah, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir.
Good News Translation
The other members of the tribe belonged to the following seven clans: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.
Lexham English Bible
And their kinsmen according to their fathers' households: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.
Literal Translation
And their brothers from the house of their fathers were Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, Mesullam, Seba, Iorai, Iaecan, Sia and Eber, these seuen.
American Standard Version
And their brethren of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
Bible in Basic English
And their brothers, the men of their family: Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jacan and Zia and Eber, seven of them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their brethren of the housholde of their fathers, were Michael, Mesullam, Seba, Iorai, Iahcan, Zia, Eber, seuen.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and their brethren of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
King James Version (1611)
And their brethren of the house of their fathers, were: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Iorai, and Iachan, and Zia, and Heber, seuen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And their brethren according to the houses of their fathers; Michael, Mosollam, and Sebee, and Joree, and Joachan, and Zue, and Obed, seven.
English Revised Version
And their brethren of their fathers’ houses; Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also her britheren bi the housis of her kynredis, Mychael, and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jore, and Jachan, and Zie, and Heber, seuene.
Update Bible Version
And their brothers of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
Webster's Bible Translation
And their brethren of the house of their fathers [were], Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
New King James Version
and their brethren of their father's house: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Eber--seven in all.
New Living Translation
Their relatives, the leaders of seven other clans, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.
New Life Bible
Their seven brothers of their fathers' houses were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.
New Revised Standard
And their kindred according to their clans: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and their brethren of their ancestral house, Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jacan and Zia and Eber, seven.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And their brethren according to the houses of their kindreds, were Michael and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zie, and Heber, seven.
Revised Standard Version
And their kinsmen according to their fathers' houses: Michael, Meshul'lam, Sheba, Jo'rai, Jacan, Zi'a, and Eber, seven.
Young's Literal Translation
and their brethren of the house of their fathers [are] Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
THE MESSAGE
Their brothers, by families, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all. These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz. Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Their kinsmen of their fathers' households were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven.

Contextual Overview

1As for sons of Reuben, firstborn of Israel—for he [is] the firstborn, and on account of his profaning the bed of his father his birthright has been given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, and [he is] not to be reckoned by genealogy for the birthright, 2for Judah has been mighty over his brother, and for leader above him, and the birthright [is] to Joseph— 3sons of Reuben, firstborn of Israel: Enoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4Sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Ba‘al his son, 6Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur removed; he [is] prince of the Reubenite. 7And his brothers, by their families, in the genealogy of their generations, [are] heads: Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel—he is dwelling in Aroer, even to Nebo and Ba‘al-Meon; 9and he dwelt at the east even to the entering in of the wilderness, even from the Euphrates River, for their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10And they have made war with the Hagarites in the days of Saul, who fall by their hand, and they dwell in their tents over all the face of the east of Gilead.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

This verse is wanting both in the Syriac and Arabic.

Michael: Daniel 12:1

Meshullam: 1 Chronicles 9:12

Sheba: 1 Kings 10:1

Jorai: i.e. rainy, [Strong's H3140]

Jachan: i.e. afflicted, [Strong's H3275]

Zia: i.e. trembling; smelling, [Strong's H2127], Heber. Genesis 46:17

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their brethren of the house of their fathers,.... Who were also men of eminence and note in them:

were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Shebai, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven; so they are as here mentioned by name.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 5:13. And their brethren — This verse is wanting both in the Syriac and in the Arabic.


 
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