Numbers 32:42
40 So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.
41 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
- KJV
- And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
- WEB
- Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
- ASV
- And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
- DARBY
- And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its dependent villages, and called it Nobah, after his name.
- BLB
- And Nobah went and took Kenath and its daughter-villages, and he called it Nobah after his own name.
- ÅB
- Og Nobah dro avsted og inntok Kenat med tilhørende småbyer; og han kalte det Nobah etter sitt eget navn.
[^1]: nemlig hans etterkommere.
[^2]: amorittenes. - OTB
- Noba dro og erobret Kenat og de omkringliggende landsbyene, og kalte det Noba etter seg selv.
- B1930
- Og Nobah drog avsted og inntok Kenat med tilhørende småbyer; og han kalte det Nobah efter sitt eget navn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 49:11
Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
Read in context2 Samuel 18:18
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
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