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New Century Version

1 Chronicles 2:1

The sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Issachar;   Levi;   Reuben;   Simeon;   Zebulun;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Israel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Ephratah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Genealogy;   Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Judah;   Perez;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Genealogies of Jesus Christ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Zebulun;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zeb'ulun;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Levi;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
These were Israel’s sons:
Hebrew Names Version
These are the sons of Yisra'el: Re'uven, Shim`on, Levi, and Yehudah, Yissakhar, and Zevulun,
King James Version
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
English Standard Version
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
New English Translation
These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;
Amplified Bible
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
New American Standard Bible
These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
World English Bible
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
Geneva Bible (1587)
These are the sonnes of Israel, Reuben, Simeon, Leui and Iudah, Isshachar, & Zebulun,
Legacy Standard Bible
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
Berean Standard Bible
These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
Contemporary English Version
Jacob was the father of twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Complete Jewish Bible
These are the sons of Isra'el: Re'uven, Shim‘on, Levi, Y'hudah, Yissakhar, Z'vulun,
Darby Translation
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun,
Easy-to-Read Version
Israel's sons were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
George Lamsa Translation
THESE are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
Good News Translation
Jacob had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
Lexham English Bible
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
Literal Translation
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These are the children of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, Zabulon,
American Standard Version
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
Bible in Basic English
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These are the sonnes of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, and Zabulon.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;
King James Version (1611)
These are the sonnes of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Leui, and Iudah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These are the names of the sons of Israel;
English Revised Version
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the sones of Israel weren Ruben, Symeon, Leuy, Juda, Isachar, and Zabulon,
Update Bible Version
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
Webster's Bible Translation
These [are] the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
New King James Version
Genesis 35:23-26; 46:8-25">[xr] These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
New Living Translation
The sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
New Life Bible
The sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
New Revised Standard
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These, are the sons of Israel, - Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And these are the sons of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, and Zabulon,
Revised Standard Version
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Is'sachar, Zeb'ulun,
Young's Literal Translation
These [are] sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
THE MESSAGE
Israel's (that is, Jacob's) sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

Contextual Overview

1 The sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 Judah's sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. A Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua, was their mother. Judah's first son, Er, did what the Lord said was wicked, so the Lord put him to death. 4 Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah. Judah was the father, so Judah had five sons. 5 Perez's sons were Hezron and Hamul. 6 Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. 7 Carmi's son was Achan, who caused trouble for Israel because he took things that had been given to the Lord to be destroyed. 8 Ethan's son was Azariah. 9 Hezron's sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. 10 Ram was Amminadab's father, and Amminadab was Nahshon's father. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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Israel: or, Jacob, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 49:2

Reuben: Genesis 29:32-35, Genesis 30:5-24, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 35:22-26, Genesis 46:8-27, Genesis 49:4-28, Exodus 1:2-4, Numbers 1:5-15, Numbers 13:4-15, Numbers 26:5-65, Revelation 7:5-8

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:13 - Thy servants Genesis 46:10 - Simeon Genesis 46:11 - Levi Genesis 46:12 - Judah Genesis 46:13 - Issachar Genesis 46:14 - Zebulun Genesis 46:15 - Leah Genesis 49:3 - my firstborn Exodus 1:1 - General 1 Chronicles 5:1 - he was Matthew 1:2 - Jacob begat Acts 7:8 - and Jacob

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the sky and the earth.
Genesis 1:10
God named the dry land "earth" and the water that was gathered together "seas." God saw that this was good.
Genesis 2:3
God blessed the seventh day and made it a holy day, because on that day he rested from all the work he had done in creating the world.
Genesis 2:4
This is the story of the creation of the sky and the earth. When the Lord God first made the earth and the sky,
Genesis 2:5
there were still no plants on the earth. Nothing was growing in the fields because the Lord God had not yet made it rain on the land. And there was no person to care for the ground,
Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.
Genesis 2:11
The first river, named Pishon, flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 2:13
The second river, named Gihon, flows around the whole land of Cush.
Exodus 20:11
The reason is that in six days the Lord made everything—the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. On the seventh day he rested. So the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Exodus 31:17
The Sabbath day will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, because in six days I, the Lord , made the sky and the earth. On the seventh day I did not work; I rested.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 1,2 These are the sons of Israel,.... Or Jacob, the other son of Isaac, who had the name of Israel given him, because of his power with God, Genesis 32:28, whose twelve sons are here mentioned by name; the first four according to their birth of Leah, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; then the two sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, Issachar and Zebulun; and between Dan and Naphtali, the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, are placed Joseph and Benjamin, the sons of Rachel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sons of Israel - The order of the names here approximates to an order determined by legitimacy of birth. A single change - the removal of Dan to the place after Benjamin - would give the following result:

(1) The six sons of the first wife, Leah.

(2) the two sons of the second wife, Rachel.

(3) the two sons of the first concubine, Bilhah.

(4) the two sons of the second concubine, Zilpah.

Dan’s undue prominency may, perhaps, be accounted for by his occupying the seventh place in the “blessing of Jacob” Genesis 49:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER II

The twelve sons of Jacob, 1, 2.

The posterity of Judah down to David, 3-15.

The posterity of the children of Jesse and Caleb, 16-55.

NOTES ON CHAP. II

Verse 1 Chronicles 2:1. These are the sons of Israel — this genealogy see the parallel places pointed out in the margin (Genesis 29:32; Genesis 30:5; Genesis 35:18, Genesis 35:22; Genesis 46:8, c.).


 
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