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1 Chronicles 2:21

Daughter of MachirGileadHezronMachirSegub

19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.

20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

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.

22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons 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

    Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

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  • Genesis 50:23

    And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.

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  • Deuteronomy 3:15

    And I gave Gilead unto Machir.

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  • Numbers 26:29

    Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

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  • Numbers 32:39–40

    And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

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