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1 Chronicles 2:21

Daughter of MachirGileadHezronMachirSegub

19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.

20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.

22 Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

23 But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

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BSB
Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
KJV
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
WEB
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.
ASV
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [to wife] when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
DARBY
And afterwards Hezron went to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he took her when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
BLB
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he married her. And he [was] a son of sixty years, and she bore to him Segub.
ÅB
Siden giftet Hesron seg med en datter av Gileads far Makir; han tok henne til hustru da han var seksti år gammel, og fikk med henne sønnen Segub.
OTB
Senere giftet Hesron seg med datteren til Makir, far til Gilead,
som han giftet seg med i en alder av seksti år;
og hun fødte ham Segub.
B1930
Siden giftet Hesron sig med en datter av Gileads far Makir; han tok henne til hustru da han var seksti år gammel, og fikk med henne sønnen Segub.

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  • Numbers 27:1

    Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached

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  • Genesis 50:23

    He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.

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  • Deuteronomy 3:15

    To Machir I gave Gilead,

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  • Numbers 26:29

    These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.

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  • Numbers 32:39–40

    The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

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