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1 Chronicles 2:34-35

Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai.

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Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah Hezron’s wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam. The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban and Molid. The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; but Seled died without children. The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai. The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without children. The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai. Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad, and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah, and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum, and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama. The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai. The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur. Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez. The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jothan, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim, Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader. Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. The families of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

    Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai.

  • KJV King James Version

    Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

    And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

    So Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bore him Attai.

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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v34 Sheshan had no sons, to wit, living when he…

Sheshan had no sons, to wit, living when he died, his son Ahlai, 1Ch 2:31, dying before him; unless Ahlai was the name of a daughter.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv34–35 And the sons of Jahdai,.... Who is not mentioned…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v35 Jarha - Probably he was not only a proselyte,…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v34 Verse 34. Whose name was Jarha.] "And he gave…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v34 1Ch 2:34. But daughters — We read of no…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv34–35 Sheshan had no sons, but daughters--either he had no…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v35 35. Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha] This was…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv34–35 (34) Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters.—Comp. 1Ch_2:31…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v34 General Information:
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