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New King James Version

1 Chronicles 7:23

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.

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 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

20 The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eladah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. The men of Gath who were born in that land killed them because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 Then Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23 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. 24 Now his daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah; 25 and Rephah was his son, as well as Resheph, and Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun [fn] his son, and Joshua his son. 28 Now their possessions and dwelling places were Bethel and its towns: to the east Naaran, to the west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns, as far as Ayyah [fn] and its towns; 29 and by the borders of the children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel.

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
Luke 17:26,27">[xr] Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
Genesis 7:8
Of clean animals, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth,
Genesis 7:9
two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:10
And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.
Genesis 7:14
they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
Genesis 7:15
And they went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life.
Genesis 7:17
Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
Genesis 7:18
The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters.
Genesis 7:20
The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
Genesis 7:21
And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.

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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