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1 Chronicles 4:17

EpherEzraIshbahJalonJetherMeredMiriamShammai

15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.

16 The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

18 These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

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BSB
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
KJV
And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
WEB
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon; and Mered’s wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
ASV
And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
DARBY
And the sons of Ezra: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she conceived [and bore] Miriam, and Shammai, and Jishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
BLB
And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa.
ÅB
Og Esras sønner var Jeter og Mered og Efer og Jalon; og hun[^2] ble fruktsommelig og fødte Mirjam og Sammai og Jisbah, far til Estemoa.
OTB
Sønnene til Esra var:
Jeter, Mered, Efer og Jalon.
Og dette er sønnene til Bitja, datter av Farao,
som Mered tok:
Hun ble gravid og fødte Mirjam, Sjammai og Jisjba, far til Esjtemoa.
B1930
Og Esras sønner var Jeter og Mered og Efer og Jalon; og hun blev fruktsommelig og fødte Mirjam og Sammai og Jisbah, far til Estemoa. / < Mereds hustru Bitja, 1KR 4, 18.>

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