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1 Chronicles 4:21

ErLaadahShelahBeth-ashbea

19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.

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,

22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.

23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

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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

    And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

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  • Genesis 46:12

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

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  • Numbers 26:20

    And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

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  • 1 Chronicles 2:3

    The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:5

    And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

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  • Nehemiah 11:5

    And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.

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