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1 Chronicles 4:21

ErLaadahShelahBeth-ashbea

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

20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea,

22 Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.)

23 These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.

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BSB
The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea,
KJV
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
WEB
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
ASV
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
DARBY
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lechah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of byssus-workers, of the house of Ashbea,
BLB
The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of the workers of the linen of the house of Ashbea,
ÅB
Sønnene til Sela, Judas sønn, var Er, far til Leka, og Lada, far til Maresa, og de slekter som tilhørte bomulls-arbeidernes hus av Asbeas slekt,
OTB
Sønnene til Sela, sønn av Juda, var:
Er, far til Leka,
La'ada, far til Maresja,
og familiene til huset til linarbeiderne i Bet-Asjbea;
B1930
Sønnene til Sela, Judas sønn, var Er, far til Leka, og Lada, far til Maresa, og de ætter som tilhørte bomulls-arbeidernes hus av Asbeas ætt,

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  • Genesis 38:5

    Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.

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  • Genesis 46:12

    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

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  • Numbers 26:20

    These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.

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  • 1 Chronicles 2:3

    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:5

    From the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.

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  • Nehemiah 11:5

    and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah.

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