The Tribe of Manasseh
1 Chronicles 7:20-29
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1 C.7.20 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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- אפרים: NOUN,m,sg,abs
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- וברד: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
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- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
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- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
- ותחת: CONJ+PREP
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
Parallels
- Numbers 26:35 (verbal): Numbers provides a census/genealogical listing of the sons of Ephraim (including Shuthelah/Shelah and related descendants), matching the same onomastic tradition reflected in 1 Chr 7:20.
- Joshua 17:3-4 (thematic): Joshua treats the tribal families and subdivisions of Ephraim in the land allotment—the same tribal-line framework and family groups that the 1 Chronicles genealogy (v.20) preserves.
- 1 Chronicles 7:21 (structural): Immediate continuation of the Ephraim genealogy: verse 21 expands the sequence by naming the sons of Shuthelah and other descendants, directly linked to v.20 as part of the same genealogical unit.
- 1 Chronicles 7:22 (verbal): Further verses in the same chapter repeat and extend many of the same names (Bered, Tahath, etc.), indicating overlapping or variant strands of the Ephraim genealogical tradition found in v.20.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelach, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son.
1 C.7.21 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
- ושותלח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
- ועזר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ואלעד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- והרגום: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
- אנשי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
- גת: NOUN,prop,f,sg,abs
- הנולדים: VERB,niphal,part,3,m,pl,def
- בארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,def
- כי: CONJ
- ירדו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
- לקחת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
- את: PRT,acc
- מקניהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3,m,pl
Parallels
- Judges 18:7-28 (thematic): Episode of a Israelite clan attacking a town, slaughtering its inhabitants and seizing livestock — thematically parallels the report here of killing men of Gath who came down to take their cattle.
- 1 Samuel 21:10-15 (verbal): Mentions David's encounter in Gath and the presence of 'men of Gath'; connects by the shared locale/people (Gath) and hostile interactions with its inhabitants.
- 2 Samuel 21:15-22 (thematic): Narrates battles with warriors associated with Gath (the Philistine giants) and killings of Gathites — parallels the chronicler's note of deadly conflicts involving men of Gath.
- 1 Chronicles 8:1-5 (structural): Another genealogical list of Benjamin in Chronicles that overlaps names and traditions with 1 Chronicles 7; provides a structural/genealogical parallel for the family-and-conflict material in 1Chr 7:21.
Alternative generated candidates
- And Zabad his son, and Shuthelach his son, and Ezer, and Eladah, and Rehum—men of Gath who were born in the land; for they had gone down to take their cattle.
1 C.7.22 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויתאבל: VERB,hitpael,impf,3,m,sg
- אפרים: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אביהם: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,pl
- ימים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- רבים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
- ויבאו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- אחיו: NOUN,3,m,sg,abs
- לנחמו: PREP+VERB,qal,inf,3,m,sg
Parallels
- Genesis 37:34-35 (verbal): Jacob 'rent his clothes, and he mourned many days'; his sons and daughters came to comfort him — very close wording and situation to Ephraim's father mourning and being comforted.
- Job 2:11-13 (verbal): Job's friends 'came ... to comfort him' and sat with him seven days and nights in silence — a similar scene of relatives/friends arriving to mourn and comfort a bereaved figure.
- Genesis 50:3 (structural): The Egyptians 'mourned for him seventy days' over Joseph — another instance of prolonged communal mourning for a family member, paralleling the 'mourned many days' motif.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (thematic): Paul speaks of God 'comforting us in all our tribulation, that we may comfort those who are in any trouble' — echoes the theme of receiving and giving comfort in times of mourning.
Alternative generated candidates
- Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
1 C.7.23 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויבא: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
- אל: NEG
- אשתו: NOUN,f,sg,cs+3,m,sg
- ותהר: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,f,sg
- ותלד: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ויקרא: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
- את: PRT,acc
- שמו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
- בריעה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- כי: CONJ
- ברעה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- היתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
- בביתו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
Parallels
- 1 Chronicles 7:24 (structural): Immediate continuation in the same genealogy; same narrative context and formula of reporting births/names within the family record.
- 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 (verbal): Similar naming formula and explanation: a child is named (Jabez) with an explicit reason tied to the mother's suffering—’and called his name... because…’ parallels Beriah’s naming ‘because evil was in his house.’
- Genesis 30:22-24 (thematic): Rachel conceives and names her son Joseph, giving the name as an explicit comment on the family’s circumstance (‘God hath taken away my reproach’). Parallels the practice of naming a child to record or interpret a household situation.
- Hosea 1:4-6 (thematic): Prophetic naming of children (e.g., Jezreel, Lo-Ruhamah, Lo-Ammi) used to reflect and announce misfortune or judgment on the family/people. The use of a name to signify calamity or a negative circumstance parallels naming Beriah ‘because calamity/evil was in his house.’
Alternative generated candidates
- He went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, for misfortune had come into his house.
1 C.7.24 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ובתו: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,suff,3,m,sg
- שארה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ותבן: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
- את: PRT,acc
- בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- חורון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- התחתון: ADJ,m,sg,def
- ואת: CONJ
- העליון: ADJ,m,sg,def
- ואת: CONJ
- אזן: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- שארה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
Parallels
- 1 Chronicles 7:23 (structural): Immediate literary context: the preceding verse lists the genealogy in which Sheerah appears; 7:24 then notes Sheerah’s notable achievement—building Lower and Upper Beth‑Horon—so the two verses form a unit.
- Joshua 10:10–11 (thematic): Mentions the towns of Beth‑Horon (Upper and Lower) as the scene of a major military action; this shows the later historical and strategic significance of the towns that 1 Chr 7:24 says Sheerah built.
- Joshua 16:3 (verbal): In the allotment lists for Ephraim (boundary/topography), Beth‑Horon (Upper and Lower) appears among place‑names—paralleling the same toponyms attributed to Sheerah’s building in 1 Chr 7:24.
Alternative generated candidates
- And his daughter Sheerah—she built Lower Beth-horon and Upper Beth-horon, and Azen of Sheerah.
1 C.7.25 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ורפח: NOUN,m,sg,abs,pref:v
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
- ורשף: NOUN,m,sg,abs,pref:v
- ותלח: NOUN,m,sg,abs,pref:v
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
- ותחן: NOUN,m,sg,abs,pref:v
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
Parallels
- Genesis 46:8-27 (structural): Both passages are part of extended genealogical rolls—Genesis 46 records the lists of Jacob’s sons and their descendants who went to Egypt, paralleling Chronicles’ practice of preserving family names and lineages.
- Numbers 26:5-51 (thematic): Numbers 26 gives the tribal census and lists of families within the tribes; like 1 Chronicles 7:25, it preserves names and family groupings for the purposes of identity and inheritance.
- 1 Chronicles 8:1-40 (structural): Another section of Chronicles devoted to genealogies (here the tribe of Benjamin). Chronicles frequently repeats and rearranges ancestral lists found elsewhere, showing a parallel method and purpose to 1 Chronicles 7:25’s listing of individual names.
- Ezra 2:1-70 (and Nehemiah 7:6-73) (thematic): The postexilic lists of returnees echo the chronicler’s concern with family continuity and formal rolls of names; both passages function to document and legitimize communal and familial identity through named genealogies.
Alternative generated candidates
- And Rephah his son, Resheph, Telah his son, and Tahan his son.
1 C.7.26 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- לעדן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
- עמיהוד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
- אלישמע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
Parallels
- Numbers 1:10 (verbal): Names match directly: Elishama is identified as the son of Ammihud (the same father–son pair found here), showing the same genealogy in the tribal census/leader lists.
- Numbers 26:37 (verbal): A later census/genealogical summary repeats the Elishama–Ammihud pairing, providing a parallel genealogy for the same family line.
- 1 Chronicles 7:27 (structural): Adjacent verse in the same Chronicles genealogy; the surrounding verses repeat and extend the same family line, placing this trio (Adan/‘Eder, Ammihud, Elishama) within the broader genealogical framework of 1 Chronicles.
Alternative generated candidates
- Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
1 C.7.27 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- נון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
- יהושע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
Parallels
- Joshua 1:1 (verbal): Identifies the same person as “Joshua son of Nun,” echoing the Chronicles’ brief genealogical designation.
- Numbers 13:8 (verbal): Lists Joshua among the spies as “Hoshea (Joshua) son of Nun,” confirming the same parentage and earlier form of his name.
- Numbers 27:18 (verbal): God instructs Moses to appoint “Joshua the son of Nun,” a direct parallel in title and leadership succession.
- Deuteronomy 34:9 (structural): Summarizes Joshua’s role and character as “the son of Nun” empowered to lead Israel, paralleling Chronicles’ genealogical note.
Alternative generated candidates
- Nun his son, Joshua his son.
1 C.7.28 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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- ומשבותם: CONJ,NOUN,f,pl,abs
- בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אל: NEG
- ובנתיה: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,poss3ms
- ולמזרח: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- נערן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ולמערב: CONJ,PREP,NOUN,m,sg,abs
- גזר: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- ובנתיה: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,poss3ms
- ושכם: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- ובנתיה: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,poss3ms
- עד: PREP
- עיה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ובנתיה: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,poss3ms
Parallels
- Joshua 16:1-10 (verbal): List of towns in the allotment of Ephraim (including Bethel, Naaran, Shechem, etc.), paralleling the place-names and territorial description in 1 Chr 7:28.
- Joshua 17:7-10 (verbal): Discussion of the borders and towns assigned to Joseph's sons (Ephraim and Manasseh), with overlapping place-names (Bethel, Naaran, Gezer/adjacent towns) corresponding to 1 Chr 7:28.
- Judges 1:22-26 (thematic): Account of the house of Joseph attacking and settling Bethel (formerly Luz); thematically linked to 1 Chr 7:28's listing of Bethel and surrounding villages as part of Israelite possession.
- Genesis 12:6-8 (thematic): Early patriarchal itinerary mentioning Shechem and Bethel as significant loci; provides an ancient backdrop for the same place-names enumerated in 1 Chr 7:28.
- 1 Chronicles 7:29 (structural): Immediate continuation within the same chapter—further listing of towns and villages that completes the territorial/settlement account begun in 1 Chr 7:28.
Alternative generated candidates
- Their holdings and their settlements were Bethel and its villages; to the east Naaran; to the west Gezer and its villages; Shechem and its villages, even unto Aijah and its villages.
1 C.7.29 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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- ידי: NOUN,f,pl,cons
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- מנשה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- שאן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ובנתיה: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,poss3ms
- תענך: VERB,qal,imf,3,f,sg
- ובנתיה: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,poss3ms
- מגדו: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ובנותיה: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,abs
- דור: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ובנותיה: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,abs
- באלה: PREP+DEM,pl
- ישבו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- יוסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Judges 1:27 (verbal): Lists the same towns (Beth‑shean, Taanach, Dor) in connection with the tribe of Manasseh and states that they remained inhabited by Canaanites — a close verbal parallel to 1 Chron 7:29.
- Joshua 17:11 (thematic): In the allotment narrative Manasseh’s inability to dispossess certain Canaanite cities (including Beth‑shean/Taanach/Dor in parallel traditions) echoes the settlement situation described in 1 Chron 7:29.
- Numbers 26:29 (cf. 26:28–34) (thematic): Gives the genealogical listing of Manasseh (one of Joseph’s sons) — connects the identification 'sons of Joseph' in 1 Chron 7:29 with the tribal/genealogical background.
- Judges 1:26 (structural): Describes the house of Joseph taking and settling Bethel and assigning people there — part of the same Judges‑era theme of Joseph/Manasseh settlement and territorial transactions that 1 Chron 7:29 summarizes.
Alternative generated candidates
- And beside the sons of Manasseh: Beth-shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, Dor and its villages—the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, dwelt in them.
The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah; Bered his son; Tahath his son; Eladah his son; Tahath his son. And Zabad his son; Shuthelah his son; and Ezer and Elead and Rimmon—men of Gath who were native to the land; for they had gone down to take their cattle, and the men of Gath struck them down.
Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
He went in to his wife, who conceived and bore a son; and he named him Beriah, for misfortune had come upon his house. And his daughter Sheerah built Lower Beth‑horon and Upper Beth‑horon and Uzzen‑Sheerah. And Rephah his son; Resheph, and Telah his son, Tahan his son.
Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
Their holdings and villages were Bethel and its villages; to the east, Naaran; to the west, Gezer and its villages; also Shechem and its villages as far as Aiah and its villages. And beside the sons of Manasseh: Beth‑shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, Dor and its villages—these the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, inhabited.