1 Chronicles 7:22

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

World English Bible

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

In Context

21Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their livestock.

23He went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:34Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize 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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