1 Chronicles 7:22

Ephraim their father mourned for them many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

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

In Context

21Tahath's son was Zabad. Zabad's son was Shuthelah. (Ezer and Elead were killed by men of Gath, natives in the land, when they went to steal their cattle.

23He slept with his wife. She conceived and bore a son. Ephraim called him Beriah, because tragedy had come to his family.)

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Cross References

Genesis 37:34Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth upon his loins. He mourned for his son many days.

Job 2:11Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, each of them came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They set a time to come to mourn with him and to 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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