1 Chronicles 7:22

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

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21and Zabad his son, Sothele his son, and Azer, and Elead: and the men of Geth who were born in the land slew them, because they went down to take their cattle.

23And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because, said he, He was afflicted in my house.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Job 2:11Now his three friends having heard of all the evil that was come upon him, came to him each from his own country: Eliphaz the king of the Thæmans, Baldad sovereign of the Saucheans, Sophar king of the Minæans: and they came to him with one accord, to comfort and to visit 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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