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Bible in Basic English

And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mareshah, his oldest son, who was the father of Ziph and Hebron.

New American Standard Bible

Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

King James Version

Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

Holman Bible

The sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha, his firstborn, fathered Ziph, and Mareshah, his second son, fathered Hebron.

International Standard Version

Jerahmeel's brother Caleb's descendants were his firstborn Mesha, who fathered Ziph. The descendants of Mareshah, who fathered Hebron, were as follows:

A Conservative Version

And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

American Standard Version

And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

Amplified

The sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn was the father of Ziph; and his son Mareshah was the father of Hebron.

Darby Translation

And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

Julia Smith Translation

And the sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother, Mesha his first-born, he the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

King James 2000

Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn; he [was] the father of Ziph. The sons of Mareshah: Hebron.

Modern King James verseion

And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his first-born, the father of Ziph. And the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Meshah his eldest son, which was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

NET Bible

The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother: His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

New Heart English Bible

The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

The Emphasized Bible

Now, the sons of Caleb, brother of Jerahmeel, were, Mesha his firstborn, the same, was the father of Ziph, - and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

Webster

Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

World English Bible

The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

Youngs Literal Translation

And sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his first-born, he is father of Ziph; and sons of Mareshah: Abi-Hebron.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of Caleb
כּלב 
Kaleb 
Usage: 36

the brother
אח 
'ach 
Usage: 629

ירחמאל 
Y@rachm@'el 
Usage: 8

מישׁע 
meysha` 
Usage: 1

בּכור 
B@kowr 
Usage: 117

of Ziph
זיף 
Ziyph 
Usage: 10

and the sons

Usage: 0

מרשׁה מראשׁה 
Mar'eshah 
Usage: 8

Context Readings

Judah's Descendants

41 And Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama. 42 And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mareshah, his oldest son, who was the father of Ziph and Hebron. 43 And the sons of Hebron: Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.

Cross References

Genesis 49:3

Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:

Exodus 4:22-23

And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:

Joshua 15:24

Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth;

1 Samuel 23:19

Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land

1 Samuel 26:1

And the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, and said, Is not David waiting secretly near us in the hill of Hachilah, before the waste land?

1 Chronicles 2:18-19

And Caleb, the son of Hezron, had children by Azubah his wife, the daughter of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher and Shobab and Ardon.

1 Chronicles 2:23-24

And Geshur and Aram took the tent-towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and the small places round it, even sixty towns. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 2:45

And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

1 Chronicles 2:49

And Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva, the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and Caleb's daughter was Achsah. These were the sons of Caleb.

1 Chronicles 2:52

And Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites.

1 Chronicles 8:29

And in Gibeon was living the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah;

Ezra 2:21-35

The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred and twenty-three.

Nehemiah 7:25-38

The children of Gibeon, ninety-five.

Romans 8:29

Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

Hebrews 12:23

To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,

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