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Literal Standard Version

1 Chronicles 7:23

and he goes in to his wife, and she conceives and bears a son, and he calls his name Beriah, because his house had been in calamity—

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beriah;   Ephraim;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Beriah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Census;   Ephraim (1);   Joha;   Nun;   Shuthelah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beriah;   Beth-Horon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beriah;   Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Beriah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Beri'ah;   Shu'thelah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amram;   Beriah;   Genealogy;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Beriah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home.
Hebrew Names Version
He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beri`ah, because it went evil with his house.
King James Version
And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
English Standard Version
And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.
New Century Version
Then he had sexual relations with his wife again. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom Ephraim named Beriah because of the trouble that had happened to his family.
New English Translation
He had sexual relations with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family.
Amplified Bible
Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Beriah (on misfortune), because tragedy had come on his house.
New American Standard Bible
Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Beriah, because misfortune had come upon his house.
World English Bible
He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he went in to his wife, she conceiued, and bare him a sonne, and he called his name Beriah, because affliction was in his house.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because calamity had come upon his house.
Berean Standard Bible
And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
Contemporary English Version
Some time later his wife gave birth to another son, and Ephraim named him Beriah, because he was born during a time of misery.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then he had sexual relations with his wife, and she conceived and bore a son whom he called B'ri‘ah [in calamity], because his household had suffered a calamity.
Darby Translation
And he went in to his wife; and she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, for [he was born] when calamity was in his house.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Ephraim had sexual relations with his wife. She became pregnant and had a son. Ephraim named this new son Beriah because something bad had happened to his family.
George Lamsa Translation
And he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Beriah, because misfortune had befallen his house.
Good News Translation
Then he had intercourse with his wife again, and she became pregnant and had a son. They named him Beriah, because of the trouble that had come to their family.
Lexham English Bible
And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And he called his name Beriah because disaster had been upon his house.
Literal Translation
And he went in to his wife. And she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because his house was in evil.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he wente in to his wife, which conceaued, and bare a sonne, whom he called Bria, because of the aduersite that was in his house.
American Standard Version
And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
Bible in Basic English
After that, he had connection with his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to a son, to whom his father gave the name of Beriah, because trouble had come on his family.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he went in to his wyfe, she conceaued and bare him a sonne, and he called the name of it Beria, because it went euyll with his housholde,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
King James Version (1611)
And when hee went in to his wife, shee conceiued and bare a sonne, and he called his name, Beriah, because it went euill with his house.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because, said he, he was afflicted in my house.
English Revised Version
And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he entride to his wijf, which conseyuede, and childide a sone; and he clepide his name Beria, for he was borun in the yuelis of his hows.
Update Bible Version
And he went in to his wife, and she became pregnant, and gave birth to a son, and he named him Beriah, because it went evil on my house.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
New King James Version
And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, [fn] because tragedy had come upon his house.
New Living Translation
Afterward Ephraim slept with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because of the tragedy his family had suffered.
New Life Bible
Then he went in to his wife and she was able to have a child and gave birth to a son. Ephraim gave him the name Beriah, because trouble had come upon his house.
New Revised Standard
Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son; and he named him Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he went in unto his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, - and he called his name, Beriah, because, in misfortune, was she in his house.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he went in to his wife: and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because he was born when it went evil with his house:
Revised Standard Version
And E'phraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beri'ah, because evil had befallen his house.
Young's Literal Translation
and he goeth in unto his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Beriah, because in evil had been his house, --
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because misfortune had come upon his house.

Contextual Overview

20And sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 21and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead; and men of Gath who are born in the land have slain them because they came down to take their livestock. 22And their father Ephraim mourns many days, and his brothers come to comfort him, 23and he goes in to his wife, and she conceives and bears a son, and he calls his name Beriah, because his house had been in calamity—24and his daughter [is] Sherah, and she builds Beth-Horon, the lower and the upper, and Uzzen-Sherah— 25Rephah [is] his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 26Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27Nun his son, Joshua his son. 28And their possession and their dwellings [are] Beth-El and its small towns, and Naaran to the east, and Gezer and its small towns to the west, and Shechem and its small towns, as far as Gaza and its small towns; 29and by the parts of the sons of Manasseh [are] Beth-Shean and its small towns, Taanach and its small towns, Megiddo and its small towns, Dor and its small towns; the sons of Joseph, son of Israel, dwelt in these.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Beriah: that is, In evil

because: Many similar instances of the naming of children from passing circumstances, occur throughout the sacred volume. See those of a similar character with this verse: Genesis 35:18, where Rachel, while dying, names her new-born son Ben-oni, or, the son of my sorrow. So in 1 Samuel 4:21, the wife of Phinehas, on being apprised of the death of Eli and her husband, and that the ark was taken by the Philistines, while in the pains of travail, and dying, named her son I-chabod, or, there is no glory. So also in 1 Chronicles 9:4, of this book, we read that Jabez, or, sorrowful, had that name given to him, because his mother "bare him with sorrow." 2 Samuel 23:5

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 4:9 - I bare him

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
And YHWH says to Noah, "Come, you and all your house, into the Ark, for I have seen you [are] righteous before Me in this generation;
Genesis 7:8
from the clean beast, and from the beast that [is] not clean, and from the bird, and of everything that is creeping on the ground,
Genesis 7:9
they have come to Noah two by two into the Ark, a male and a female, as God has commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:10
And it comes to pass, after seven days, that waters of the flood have been on the earth.
Genesis 7:14
they, and every living creature after its kind, and every beast after its kind, and every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind (every bird, every wing).
Genesis 7:15
And they come to Noah, into the Ark, two by two of all the flesh in which [is] a living spirit;
Genesis 7:17
And the flood is on the earth [for] forty days, and the waters multiply and lift up the Ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;
Genesis 7:18
and the waters are mighty and multiply exceedingly on the earth; and the Ark goes on the face of the waters.
Genesis 7:20
the waters prevailed from above the mountains, and cover [them] fifteen cubits;
Genesis 7:21
and all flesh expires that is moving on the earth, among bird, and among livestock, and among beast, and among every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth, and all mankind;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he went in to his wife,.... After his grief and sorrow in part at least had subsided:

she conceived and bare a son; which in some measure made up for the loss he had sustained:

and he called his name Beriah; which signifies being "in evil" or calamity, he being born in an evil time:

because it went evil with his house; or evil was in his house, as Noldius m, in his family; a great calamity had befallen it.

m Ebr. Concord. Part. No. 750. p. 165.


 
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