Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns;
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Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns;
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And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
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And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Aiah and the towns thereof;
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 7:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 28:19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
- Joshua 16:2-3 It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth; and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth Horon the lower, and on to Gezer; and ended at the sea.
- Judges 1:22 The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them.
- 1 Chronicles 6:66-67 Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, Adaiah.
Or, Adaiah.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Their possessions, i.e. the portion allotted to the tribe…
Their possessions, i.e. the portion allotted to the tribe of Ephraim.
Beth-el; which stood in the border of Benjamin, but belonged to Ephraim.
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Unto Gaza, not that of the Philistines, which belonged to another tribe, and was remote from Ephraim; but another of the same name. Or rather Adasa, as it is in the margin of our Bible; the particle ad, here rendered unto, being a part of the name; for why should unto be put to this town, which is not put to any of the other?
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the sons of Zophah,.... The eldest of the…
And the sons of Zophah,.... The eldest of the sons of Helem:
Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, Bezer; and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera; in all eleven.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ch 7:28. Their possessions — That is, the portion…
1Ch 7:28. Their possessions — That is, the portion allotted to the tribe of Ephraim: were Beth-el — Which stood in the border of Benjamin, but belonged to Ephraim. Unto Gaza — Not the Gaza of the Philistines, which belonged to another tribe, and was remote from Ephraim, but another place of the same name. Or rather Adazza, as in the margin; the particle ad, here rendered unto, being part of the name.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28. Beth-el] Jdg_1:22-25; 1Ki_12:29; 1Ki_12:32. Beth-el is perhaps the…
28. Beth-el] Jdg_1:22-25; 1Ki_12:29; 1Ki_12:32. Beth-el is perhaps the modern Beitîn (Bädeker, p. 213). The city was on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin and in Jos_18:22 is assigned to Benjamin, but it was originally conquered by Ephraim (Jdg_1:22), and during the division of the kingdom it belonged to the North: cp. 2Ch_13:19, note.
Naaran] In Jos_16:7, Naarath (R.V. Naarah).
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Gezer … Shechem] See 1Ch_6:67, note.
unto Gaza] Gaza (Heb. Azzah) the well-known Philistine city was in the extreme south-west of Palestine and can hardly be intended here in a list of Ephraimite cities. Some Heb. MSS read Ayyah, a reading which is in part supported by LXX (B) ἔως Γαιάν.
28, 29. The Seats of the Sons of Joseph
It is difficult to say why the possessions of Ephraim (1Ch_7:28) and Manasseh (1Ch_7:29) are mentioned here, and also why having been mentioned, they are not more fully described.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain Comp. 1Ch_6:54, sqq., where a list of the cities…
THE BOUNDS OF EPHRAIM AND WEST MANASSEH
(1Ch_7:28-29).
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Comp. 1Ch_6:54, sqq., where a list of the cities of the Levites is similarly added to their tribal registers.
(28) And their possessions.—Heb., and their domain and their seats were Bethel and her daughters; “their domain,” that is, the domain of both divisions of the tribe of Joseph.
Bethel—originally assigned to Benjamin (Jos_18:22), belonged later to the northern kingdom. The present list appears therefore to be younger than the disruption of Solomon’s empire.
Naaran, or Naarah (Naapá) (Jos_16:7) was a town north-east of Jericho. Gezer lay on the southwest border of Ephraim (Jos_16:3), Shechem (Nablûs, Νεάπολις) on the north. Gaza: so the LXX„ Vulg. (Aza which represents the Hebrew ‘Azzâh, i.e., Gaza), and Targum; but a great number of MSS. and seventeen editions read Ayyah, a place not mentioned elsewhere, but doubtless lying on the north-west border of Ephraim.
(29) And by the borders of the children of Manasseh.—Literally, and upon the hands of the sons of Manasseh, a favourite phrase with the chronicler, occurring nine times in Chronicles and once in Ezra. (See Note on 1Ch_6:31.) The four cities lay within the territory of Issachar and Asher, but were assigned to Manassen (Jos_17:11). They mark the northward marches of the two houses of Joseph, as the cities of 1Ch_7:28 mark the southward. They long withstood the Israelite occupation (Jos_17:12-16; see also Jdg_5:19. “Then fought the kings of Canaan, in Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo.”)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Naaran. This place is probably the same with the…
Naaran. This place is probably the same with the Naarath or Naarah of Jos_16:7; though here it is said to be an eastward limit, and there its description might rather seem that of a southward limit. Gaza. This name can scarcely designate the well-known Gaza, assigned to Judah (Jos_15:47; Jud_1:18) but so largely the prey of the Philistines (Jud_1:3:3 16:21; 1Sa_6:17)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain Naarath, Jos 16:7.
Narran
Naarath, Jos 16:7.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Their possessions and residences were Bethel ... villages
Their possessions and residences were Bethel ... villages
The abstract nouns "possessions" and "residences" can be translated with verbal phrases. AT: "They possessed and resided in Bethel ... villages" or "They owned and lived in Bethel ... villages" (See: Abstract Nouns)
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Bethel ... Dor
All of the names listed here are the names of towns. (See: How to Translate Names)
In these towns the descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived
"The descendants of Joseph, son of Israel, lived in these towns"
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possess
Bethel
Shechem
Manasseh
Joseph (OT)
Jacob
life
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