1 Chronicles 7:22

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

In Context

21And his son Suthala, and his son Ezer, and Elad: and the men of Geth born in the land slew them, because they came down to invade their possessions.

23And he went in to his wife: and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because he was born when it went evil with his house:

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Cross References

Genesis 37:34And tearing his garments, he put an sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.

Job 2:11Now when Job's three friends heard all the evil that had befallen him, they came every one from his own place, Alphas the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment to come together and visit him, a nd comfort him.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 7:21-40

Genealogies. ( b. c. 1630.) 20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went… Read the whole commentary →

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