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1 Chronicles 7:15

HuppimMaachahMachirShuppimZelophehad

13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ( but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

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BSB
Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
KJV
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
WEB
Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah. The name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.
ASV
and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister`s name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
DARBY
And Machir took a wife [the sister] of Huppim and Shuppim, and the name of their sister was Maachah. And the name of the second [son] was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.
BLB
And Machir took a wife of Huppim and of Shuppim, and the name of his sister [was] Maacah. And the name of the second [was] Zelophehad, and Zelophehad begat [only] daughters.
ÅB
Og Makir tok til hustru en søster av Huppim og Suppim, og hans[^2] søster hette Ma'aka; og den annen sønn hette Selofhad, og Selofhad hadde bare døtre.
OTB
Makir tok en kone for Sjuppim og Huppim,
og deres søster het Maaka.
Den andre het Selofhad,
og Selofhad hadde døtre.
B1930
Og Makir tok til hustru en søster av Huppim og Suppim, og hans søster hette Ma'aka; og den annen sønn hette Selofhad, og Selofhad hadde bare døtre. / < Huppims.>

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  • Numbers 36:1–12

    And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

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  • Numbers 26:33

    And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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  • Numbers 27:1–11

    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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