1 CHR 4:15 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ υἱοὶ Χαλὲβ υἱοῦ Ἰεφοννὴ, Ἢρ, Ἀδὰ, καὶ Νοόμ· καὶ υἱοὶ Ἀδὰ, Κενέζ.
(Kai huioi Ⱪaleb huiou Iefonnaʸ, Aʸr, Ada, kai Noʼom; kai huioi Ada, Kenez.)

BrTr And the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne; Er, Ada, and Noom: and the sons of Ada, Kenez.

ULT And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the sons of Elah: Kenaz.

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 Caleb son of Jephunneh:
• Iru, Elah, and Naam.
• The son[fn] of Elah:
• Kenaz.

4:15 Hebrew sons

OEB No OEB CH1 4:15 book available

WEBBE & WMBB The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.

NET The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:
¶ Iru, Elah, and Naam.
¶ The son of Elah:
¶ Kenaz.

LSV And sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and sons of Elah: even Kenaz.

FBV The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam.
¶ The son of Elah: Kenaz.

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 Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the sons of Elah: Kenaz.

BBE And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.

Moff The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam, and Elah was the father of Kenaz.

JPS And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah: Kenaz.

ASV And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.

DRA And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephone, were Hir, and Ela, and Naham. And the sons of Ela: Cenez.

YLT And sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

Drby — And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah, ...and Kenaz.

RV And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.

SLT And the sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah: Kenaz.

Wbstr And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

KJB-1769 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.[fn]

4.15 even Kenaz: or, Uknaz

KJB-1611 And the sonnes of Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam, and the sonnes of Elah, [fn]euen Kenaz.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

4:15 Or, Vknaz.

Bshps And the sonnes of Caleb the sonne of Iephune were, Iru, Ela, and Naam: And the the sonne of Ela was Kenas.
(And the sons of Caleb the son of Yephune were, Iru, Ela, and Naam: And the the son of Ela was Kenas.)

Gnva And the sonnes of Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the sonne of Elah was Kenaz.
(And the sons of Caleb the son of Yephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the son of Elah was Kenaz.)

Cvdl The childre of Caleb the sonne of Iephune were: Iru, Ela & Naam. The children of Ela were: Kenas.
(The children of Caleb the son of Yephune were: Iru, Ela and Naam. The children of Ela were: Kenas.)

Wycl Sotheli the sones of Caleph, sone of Jephone, weren Hyn, and Helam, and Nahemi. And the sones of Helam weren Cenez.
(Truly the sons of Caleb, son of Yephone, were Hin, and Helam, and Nahemi. And the sons of Helam were Cenez.)

Luth Die Kinder aber Kalebs, des Sohns Jephunnes, waren: Jru, Ela und Naam. Die Kinder Elas waren Kenas.
(The children but Caleb’s, the son Jephunneh’s, were: Iru, Ela and Naam. The children Elah’s were Kenaz.)

ClVg Filii vero Caleb filii Jephone, Hir, et Ela, et Naham. Filii quoque Ela: Cenez.
(Children indeed/however Caleb children Yephunneh, Hir, and Ela, and Naham. Children too Ela: Kenaz.)

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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.

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

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