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New Living Translation

1 Chronicles 4:13

The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's sons were Hathath and Meonothai.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hathath;   Kenaz;   Othniel;   Seraiah;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Hathath;   Seraiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hathath;   Othniel;   Seraiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hathath;   Kenaz;   Kenizzite;   Seraiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Hathath;   Kenizzites;   Seraiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hathath ;   Kenaz ;   Othniel ;   Seraiah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Othniel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ha'thath;   Oth'ni-El;   Sera'iah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hathath;   Jephunneh;   Kenaz;   Meonothai;   Othniel;   Seraiah;   Uknaz;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Kenaz;   Othniel;   Seraiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Kenaz’s sons: Othniel and Seraiah.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Kenaz: `Otni'el, and Serayah. The sons of `Otni'el: Hatat.
King James Version
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
English Standard Version
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
New Century Version
The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's sons were Hathath and Meonothai.
New English Translation
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
New American Standard Bible
Now the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai.
World English Bible
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Kenaz were Othniel and Zeraiah, and the sonne of Othniel, Hathath.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai.
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
Contemporary English Version
Kenaz was the father of Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel had two sons: Hathath and Meonothai,
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of K'naz: ‘Otni'el and S'rayah. The son of ‘Otni'el: Hatat.
Darby Translation
—And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Easy-to-Read Version
The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's sons were Hathath and Meonothai.
George Lamsa Translation
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Jophaniah. The name of his first-born was Elah, and the name of the second was Naam, and the name of the third was Kenaz, and the name of the fourth was Ashiph, and the name of the fifth was Jamoael, and the name of the sixth was Jahrob.
Good News Translation
Kenaz had two sons, Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel also had two sons, Hathath and Meonothai.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the son of Othniel was Hathath.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Kenas were: Athniel and Saraia. The childre of Athniel were, Hathath.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes of Kenas: Othniel, and Saraia: And the sonne of Othniel was, Hathath.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Kenaz: Othniel, and Saraia: and the sonnes of Othniel, Hathath.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Kenez; Gothoniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Gothoniel; Athath.
English Revised Version
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the sones of Cenez weren Othonyel, and Saraia.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
New King James Version
The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath, [fn]
New Life Bible
The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's son was Hathath.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Kenaz, were Othniel, and Seraiah, - and, the sons of Othniel, Hathath.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Cenez were Othoniel, and Saraia. And the sons of Othoniel, Hathath, and Maonathi.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Kenaz: Oth'ni-el and Serai'ah; and the sons of Oth'ni-el: Hathath and Meo'nothai.
Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and sons of Othniel: Hathath.
THE MESSAGE
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai.

Contextual Overview

11 Kelub (the brother of Shuhah) was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah was the father of Ir-nahash. These were the descendants of Recah. 13 The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's sons were Hathath and Meonothai. 14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the founder of the Valley of Craftsmen, so called because they were craftsmen. 15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was Kenaz. 16 The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 17 The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. One of Mered's wives became the mother of Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah (the father of Eshtemoa). 18 He married a woman from Judah, who became the mother of Jered (the father of Gedor), Heber (the father of Soco), and Jekuthiel (the father of Zanoah). Mered also married Bithia, a daughter of Pharaoh, and she bore him children. 19 Hodiah's wife was the sister of Naham. One of her sons was the father of Keilah the Garmite, and another was the father of Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 20 The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Kenaz: Joshua 15:17, Judges 1:13, Judges 3:9-11

Hathath: or, Hathath and Meonathai, who begat, etc

Reciprocal: Judges 3:11 - Othniel 1 Chronicles 27:15 - Othniel

Cross-References

Job 15:22
They dare not go out into the darkness for fear they will be murdered.
Revelation 16:9
Everyone was burned by this blast of heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over all these plagues. They did not repent of their sins and turn to God and give him glory.
Revelation 16:11
and they cursed the God of heaven for their pains and sores. But they did not repent of their evil deeds and turn to God.
Revelation 16:21
There was a terrible hailstorm, and hailstones weighing as much as seventy-five pounds fell from the sky onto the people below. They cursed God because of the terrible plague of the hailstorm.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the sons of Kenaz,.... Who was either the son of Chelub, or of Eshton:

Othniel, and Seraiah; the first of these is he who is mentioned, Joshua 15:17 and was the first judge in Israel:

and the son of Othniel, Hathath; and the next mentioned.


 
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