1 CHR 4:13 Parallel Verse View

Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not necessarily natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible—click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed as a tool for Bible-translators and others doing comparisons of different translations—the older translations are further down the page (so you can read up from the bottom to trace the English translation history). The OET segments on this page are still early looks into the drafted texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible—please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

4:13 Not in the Hebrew, but ‘sons’ was plural, so it seems that it may have been accidentally dropped out of the text.

BrLXX Καὶ υἱοὶ Κενὲζ, Γοθονιὴλ, καὶ Σαραΐα· καὶ υἱοὶ Γοθονιὴλ, Ἀθάθ.
(Kai huioi Kenez, Gothoniaʸl, kai Saraia; kai huioi Gothoniaʸl, Athath.)

BrTr And the sons of Kenez; Gothoniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Gothoniel; Athath.

ULT And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

UST 13-15 Caleb was the son of Jephunneh, another descendant of Judah. Caleb’s sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah’s son was Kenaz. The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah.
⇔ Othniel’s sons were Hathath and Meonothai. Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.
⇔ Seraiah was the father of Joab. Joab was the ancestor of the people who lived in Craftsmen’s Valley. People gave the valley that name because many of the ones who lived there were craftsmen.

BSB & MSB • The sons of Kenaz:
• Othniel and Seraiah.
• The sons of Othniel:
• Hathath and Meonothai.[fn]

4:13 Vulgate and some LXX; Hebrew does not include and Meonothai.

OEB No OEB CH1 4:13 book available

WEBBE & WMBB The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath.[fn]

4:13 Greek and Vulgate add “and Meonothai”

NET The sons of Kenaz:
¶ Othniel and Seraiah.
¶ The sons of Othniel:
¶ Hathath and Meonothai.

LSV And sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and sons of Othniel: Hathath.

FBV The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah.
¶ The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.[fn]

4:13 “Meonothai”: some Septuagint manuscripts and the Vulgate. The current Hebrew text does not have the word, probably lost because it occurs as the first word of the next verse.

T4T • 13-15 Another descendant of Judah was Jephunneh. His son was Caleb. Caleb’s sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah’s son was Kenaz. The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah.
• Othniel’s sons were Hathath and Meonothai. Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.
• Seraiah was the father of Joab. Joab was the ancestor of the people who lived in Craftsmen’s Valley. The valley was named that because many of the people who lived there were ◄craftsmen/men who were experts in making things►.

LEB The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

BBE And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

Moff Kenaz was the father of Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel of Hatbath

JPS And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

ASV And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

DRA And the sons of Cenez were Othoniel, and Saraia. And the sons of Othoniel, Hathath, and Maonathi.

YLT And sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and sons of Othniel: Hathath.

Drby — And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

RV And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.

SLT And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

Wbstr And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.

KJB-1769 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.[fn]

4.13 Hathath…: or, Hathath, and Meonothai, who begat, etc

KJB-1611 And the sonnes of Kenaz: Othniel, and Saraia: and the sonnes of Othniel, [fn]Hathath.
(And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Othniel, Hathath.)

4:13 Or, Hathath, and Meonothai, who begate, &c.

Bshps The sonnes of Kenas: Othniel, and Saraia: And the sonne of Othniel was, Hathath.
(The sons of Kenas: Othniel, and Saraia: And the son of Othniel was, Hathath.)

Gnva And the sonnes of Kenaz were Othniel and Zeraiah, and the sonne of Othniel, Hathath.
(And the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Zeraiah, and the son of Othniel, Hathath.)

Cvdl The children of Kenas were: Athniel and Saraia. The childre of Athniel were, Hathath.
(The children of Kenas were: Athniel and Saraia. The children of Athniel were, Hathath.)

Wycl Forsothe the sones of Cenez weren Othonyel, and Saraia.
(For_certain/Truly the sons of Cenez were Othonyel, and Saraia.)

Luth Die Kinder Kenas waren: Athniel und Seraja. Die Kinder aber Athniels waren Hathath.
(The children Kenaz were: Othniel and Seraiah. The children but Othniel’s were Hathath.)

ClVg Filii autem Cenez, Othoniel, et Saraia. Porro filii Othoniel, Hathath, et Maonathi.[fn]
(Children however Kenaz, Othniel, and Seraiah. Further children Othniel, Hathath, and Maonathi.)

4.13 Saraia autem genuit. De Saraia dicitur Joab prodisse, qui juxta nominis interpretationem pater vallis artificum dicitur, quia de filiis ejus fuerunt architecti qui ædificaverunt domum Domini. Artifices vero qui in valle habitant possunt dici doctores legis, quos scientia non inflat, sed charitas ædificat I Cor. 8., quos modestia et humilitas exaltat, ut Gamaliel et Paulus ejus discipulus Act. 5, 22..

4.13 Seraiah however gave_birth. From/About Seraiah it_is_said Yoab to_have_gone_forth, who/which next_to of_the_name interpretation father valley of_craftsmen it_is_said, because from/about to_the_children his/her they_were architect who/which they_built house/home Master. Artifices indeed/however who/which in/into/on valley they_live they_can to_be_said teachers law, which knowledge/skill not/no blows_into, but charity builds I Cor. 8., which restraint and humility exalts, as Gamaliel and Paulus his/her apprentice/student Act. 5, 22..

BMM BibleMapper.com Maps:

Poster Map of the Towns and Clans of Eastern Judah, circa 1200 B.C.

As Israel invaded Canaan and conquered the land, the Israelite tribe of Judah was allotted a very large portion of it for their inheritance. Their territory was the southernmost allotment of all the tribes, stretching from Jerusalem in the north to Kadesh-barnea in the south. In reality, though, their primary area of occupation was limited to the region shown on this map, due to the Philistines’ occupation of the western coast and the extremely arid conditions of the land in the far south. Also, the Bible notes that the allotment of the tribe of Simeon “formed part of the territory of Judah; because the portion of the tribe of Judah was too large for them, the tribe of Simeon obtained an inheritance within their inheritance” (Joshua 19:9), and this is confirmed by the explicit mention of over twenty towns being allotted to both tribes (see Joshua 15:20-63; 19:1-9). The Kenites, who were not ethnic Israelites (they were descendants of Moses’ father-in-law; see Judges 1:16) but lived in peaceful coexistence with them, also occupied the arid land to the southwest of the Dead Sea.

Scripture further details many of the clans and sub-clans of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:1-55; 4:1-23). Most (or perhaps all) of these clan names corresponded with names of various towns in Judah, since towns in ancient Israel were often named after the ancestor of the clan that founded or predominantly occupied the town. It is interesting to note that an Israelite judge named Jair was descended from Judah by his father’s lineage, but his father’s mother was from the tribe of Manasseh, and when Jair conquered many towns in Manasseh’s territory of Gilead and Bashan (Numbers 32:40-42; Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 13:30; Judges 10:3-5; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:22-23; see “Bashan” map), those towns continued to be regarded as belonging to Manasseh. Perhaps this was in keeping with the tribe of Manasseh’s openness to inheritance by female descendants in certain cases, such as with Zelophahad’s daughters (Numbers 27; Joshua 17:1-6; see “Poster Map of the Tribe of Manasseh (West) and Its Surroundings, circa 1200 B.C.”).

Two centuries later the tribe of Judah gave rise to the enduring dynasty of King David, who initially ruled over only the tribe of Judah but eventually over all the Israelite tribes (2 Samuel 2-4; see “David and Ishbosheth” map). After the death of David’s son Solomon, however, the northern tribes revolted, leaving only Judah and Benjamin under the Davidic dynasty’s domain (1 Kings 12; 2 Chronicles 10; see “The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah” map). Several decades after the northern kingdom was exiled by the Assyrians (2 Kings 15:29; 1 Chronicles 5:26; see “Israelites Are Exiled to Assyria” map) the kingdom of Judah suffered a similar fate at the hands of the Babylonians (Daniel 1; 2 Kings 24-25; 2 Chronicles 36; Jeremiah 39; 52; see “Judah Is Exiled to Babylon” map). Unlike the northern kingdom, however, Judah was typically allowed to maintain their common identity and religious distinctives during their time in exile (see The Land of Exile map), thus fostering their sense of continuity with the past tribe and kingdom of Judah.

Parallel 1 CHR 4:13

General Information:

Poster Map of the Towns and Clans of Eastern Judah, circa 1200 B.C.

Parallel 1 CHR 4:13

General Information:

Poster Map of the Towns and Clans of Eastern Judah, circa 1200 B.C.

Parallel 1 CHR 4:13