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Myles Coverdale Bible

1 Chronicles 4:7

The childre of Hellea were: Zereth, Iezohar 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.
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.
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 children of Iuda were: Phares, Hesrom, Charmi, Hur & Sobal. 2 Rehoia the sonne of Sobal begat Iahath. Iahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the kynreds of the Zaregathites, 3 Elle ye father of Etha, Iesreel, Iesma, Iedbas and their sister was called Hazelelponi: 4 and Penuel the father of Gedor, & Eser the father of Husa. These are the children of Hur the first sonne of Ephrata ye father of Bethleem. 5 Ashur ye father of Thecoa had two wyues, Hellea & Naera: 6 and Naera bare Ahusam, Hepher, Thennu, & Ahastari: these are the childre of Naera. 7 The childre of Hellea were: Zereth, Iezohar and Ethnan. 8 Chos begat Anub and Hazobeba, and the kynred of Aharhel the sonne of Harum. 9 Iaebes was more honorable then his brethre, and his mother called him Iaebes, for she sayde: I haue borne him with trouble. 10 And Iaebes called vpon the God of Israel, & sayde: Yf thou wilt blesse me, and increase the borders of my londe, & yf thy hande be with me, & thou delyuer me from euell, yt it trouble me not. And God caused it for to come that he axed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 3:16
And vnto the woman he sayde: I will increase thy sorow, whan thou art with childe: with payne shalt thou beare thy childre, and thy lust shal pertayne vnto yi hußbande, and he shal rule the.
Genesis 4:6
And the LORDE sayde vnto Cain: Why art thou angrie? and why doth thy countenaunce chaunge? Is it not so? that yf thou do well, thou shalt receaue it:
Genesis 4:8
And Cain talked with Abell his brother. And it happened, that whan they were in the felde, Cain arose agaynst Abell his brother, and slew him.
Genesis 4:9
Then sayde the LORDE vnto Cain: Where is Abell thy brother? He sayde: I can not tell. Am I my brothers keper?
Genesis 4:10
And he sayde: What hast thou done? The voyce of thy brothers bloude crieth vnto me out of the earth.
Genesis 4:11
And now shalt thou be cursed vpon the earth, which hath opened hir mouth, and receaued thy brothers bloude of thine hande.
Genesis 4:12
Whan thou tyllest ye grounde, she shall henßforth not geue hir power vnto the. A vagabunde and a rennagate shalt thou be vpon ye earth.
Genesis 4:13
And Cain sayde vnto ye LORDE: my synne is greater, then that it maye be forgeuen me.
Genesis 19:21
Then sayde he vnto him: Beholde, I haue loked vpon the in this poynte also, that I will not ouerthrowe the cite, wherof thou hast spoken.
Numbers 32:23
But if ye will not do so, beholde, ye shal offende agaynst the LORDE, and be sure, that youre synne shal fynde 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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