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OEB And these were they who went up from Tel-melah and Tel-harsha: Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not slow their fathers’ houses not their descent, whether they were of Israel.
WEBBE These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, nor their offspring,[fn] whether they were of Israel:
WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)
NET These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify their family connection or their ancestry, as to whether they were really from Israel):
LSV And these [are] those coming up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer—and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they [are] of Israel—
FBV Those who came from the towns of Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer could not prove their family genealogy, or even that they were descendants of Israel.
T4T ¶ Another group of 642 people from the clans of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda also returned. They came from the towns of Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Kerub, Addan (which is also known as Addon), and Immer in Babylonia. But they could not prove that they were descendants of Israelis.
LEB These were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their ancestral houses or their descent, whether they were from Israel:
BBE All these were the people who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but because they had no knowledge of their fathers' families or offspring, it was not certain if they were Israelites:
Moff No Moff NEH book available
JPS And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not tell their fathers' houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:
ASV And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:
DRA And these are they that came up from Telmela, Thelharsa, Cherub, Addon, and Emmer: and could not shew the house of their fathers, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
YLT And these [are] those coming up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer — and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they [are] of Israel —
Drby And these are they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub-Addon and Immer; but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
RV And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their fathers’ houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:
Wbstr And these were they who went up also from Tel-mela, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their fathers house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
KJB-1769 And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.[fn]
(And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. )
KJB-1611 [fn][fn]And these were they which went vp also from Tel-Melah, Tel-Haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shewe their fathers house, nor their seede, whether they were of Israel.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)
Bshps And these went vp also from Thelniela: Thelharsa, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their fathers house, nor their seede, and that they were of Israel.
(And these went up also from Thelniela: Thelharsa, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their fathers house, nor their seed, and that they were of Israel.)
Gnva And these came vp from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shewe their fathers house, nor their seede, or if they were of Israel.
(And these came up from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their fathers house, nor their seed, or if they were of Israel. )
Cvdl And these wente vp also: Michel, Mela, Thel, Harsa, Cherub, Addo, Immer: but they coulde not shewe their fathers house ner their sede, whether they were of Israel.
(And these went up also: Michel, Mela, Thel, Harsa, Cherub, Addo, Immer: but they could not show their fathers house nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.)
Wycl Forsothe these it ben that stieden, Dethemel, Mela, Thelarsa, Cherub, Addo, and Emmer, and myyten not schewe the hows of her fadris, and her seed, whether thei weren of Israel; the sones of Dalaie,
(Forsothe these it been that stieden, Dethemel, Mela, Thelarsa, Cherub, Addo, and Emmer, and myyten not show the house of her fathers, and her seed, whether they were of Israel; the sons of Dalaie,)
Luth Und diese zogen auch mit herauf: Mithel, Melah, Thel-Harsa, Cherub -Addon und Immer; aber sie konnten nicht anzeigen ihrer Väter Haus noch ihren Samen, ob sie aus Israel wären.
(And this/these pulled also with herauf: Mithel, Melah, Thel-Harsa, Cherub -Addon and Immer; but they/she/them could not anzeigen of_their/her fathers house still your Samen, ob they/she/them out_of Israel wären.)
ClVg Hi sunt autem qui ascenderunt de Thelmela, Thelharsa, Cherub, Addon, et Emmer: et non potuerunt indicare domum patrum suorum, et semen suum, utrum ex Israël essent,
(They are however who ascenderunt about Thelmela, Thelharsa, Cherub, Addon, and Emmer: and not/no potuerunt indicare home patrum suorum, and seed his_own, utrum from Israel essent, )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְאֵ֗לֶּה הָֽעוֹלִים֙
and=these the,came_up
As in 7:6, “went up” means “traveled from Babylon back to Judah,” since that involves going from a river valley up into the mountains. Alternate translation: “Some others returned to Judah from Babylon”
Note 2 topic: translate-names
מִתֵּ֥ל מֶ֨לַח֙ תֵּ֣ל חַרְשָׁ֔א כְּר֥וּב אַדּ֖וֹן וְאִמֵּ֑ר
from, מֶלַח תֵּל חַרְשָׁא Kərūⱱ/(Cherub) Addon and,Immer
These are the names of five towns in Babylonia. Alternate translation: “who had been living in the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer.”
וְלֹ֣א יָכְל֗וּ לְהַגִּ֤יד
and=not could to=announce
Alternate translation: “They had no records to prove”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
בֵּית־אֲבוֹתָם֙ וְזַרְעָ֔ם אִ֥ם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הֵֽם
house_of ancestral,their and,descent,their if from,Israel they
These two longer phrases mean similar things. The second phrase explains the meaning of the first for clarity and emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases. Alternate translation: “that their ancestors had been Israelites,” otherwise “what clan they were from or who their ancestors were, whether they were really Israelites”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
בֵּית־אֲבוֹתָם֙ וְזַרְעָ֔ם
house_of ancestral,their and,descent,their
These two short phrases mean similar things. They are used together to emphasize that accurate records would be required to prove a person’s lineage. You do not need to repeat both phrases in your translation if that would be confusing for your readers. Alternate translation: “what their lineage was”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בֵּית־אֲבוֹתָם֙ וְזַרְעָ֔ם
house_of ancestral,their and,descent,their
Among the Israelites, the expression father’s house or house of the father originally described an extended clan. It later came to be used more generally to refer to a larger clan within a tribe. (For example, the two expressions are used interchangeably in Exodus 6:14, “These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi. These were the clan ancestors of Reuben.”) In this expression, the word house describes all the people descended from a particular person. The term views all of those descendants as if they were one household living together. Alternate translation: “what clan they were from”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְזַרְעָ֔ם
and,descent,their
Here, seed means “ancestors.” In the Bible, the term often describes a person’s descendants. But here, “their seed” means “whose seed they were,” so the term is describing the ancestors of these people. Alternate translation: “or who their ancestors were”
