Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister.
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Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister.
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And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
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And Heber begot Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain All these were the children of Asher, heads of…
All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house,.... Principal men in their tribe, and respective families:
choice and mighty men of valour; these were some selected from others, being eminent for their courage and valour:
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chief of the princes; or chief princes; the Vulgate Latin version is, dukes of dukes, they were heads of their fathers' families:
and the number throughout the genealogy that were apt to war, and to battle, was twenty and six thousand men; that is, in the days of David, Ch1 7:4, this was the number, not of their chief men, nor of all the people in the tribe, but of their militia.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 32. And Shua their sister.] It is very…
Verse 32. And Shua their sister.] It is very rarely that women are found in the Jewish genealogies, and they are never inserted but for especial reasons.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (32-34) The race of Heber (spelt differently from Heber,…
(32-34) The race of Heber (spelt differently from Heber, Abraham’s ancestor). Nothing is known of any of these families. The name Japhleti (the Japhletite) occurs as a clan (Jos_16:3), but far away from the bounds of Asher.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Japhlet. This son of Heber, not otherwise known, cannot…
Japhlet. This son of Heber, not otherwise known, cannot be identified with the "Japhletite" of, Jos_16:3 (himself an enigma) on the south boundary of Ephraim, between the nether Beth-heron and Ataroth. Shomer; i.q. Shamer of ver. 34.
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