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The NET Bible®

1 Chronicles 5:3

The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, 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.
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.
King James Version (1611)
The sonnes, I say, of Reuben the first borne of Israel were: Hanoch, and Pallu, Ezron, 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 The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn— (Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father's bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel's son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records. 2 Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.) 3 The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The descendants of Joel: His son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei, 5 his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal, 6 and his son Beerah, whom King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was the tribal leader of Reuben. 7 His brothers by their clans, as listed in their genealogical records: The leader Jeiel, Zechariah, 8 and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. They lived in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal Meon. 9 In the east they settled as far as the entrance to the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, for their cattle had increased in numbers in the land of Gilead. 10 During the time of Saul they attacked the Hagrites and defeated them. They took over their territory in the entire eastern region 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 had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, "God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him."
Genesis 5:2
He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them "humankind."
Genesis 5:3
When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.
Genesis 5:14
The entire lifetime of Kenan was 910 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:16
Mahalalel lived 830 years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters.
Job 14:4
Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!
Job 25:4
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
Psalms 51:5
Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
Luke 1:35
The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.
John 3:6
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born 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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