KJV King James Version
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he [was] threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
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1 Chronicles 2:21
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he [was] threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
WEB World English Bible
Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
ASV American Standard Version
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took to wife when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And afterwards hath Hezron gone in unto a daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he hath taken her, and he is a son of sixty years, and she beareth to him Segub.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 2
18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth: her sons [are] these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he [was] threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, [even] threescore cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
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וְאַחַ֗רH310 · a.charafterבָּ֤אH935 · boto come (in): comeחֶצְרוֹן֙H2696 · chets.ronHezronאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בַּת־H1323 · batdaughterמָכִיר֙H4353 · ma.khirMachirאֲבִ֣יH1 · avfatherגִלְעָ֔דH1568 · gil.adGileadוְה֣וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itלְקָחָ֔הּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeוְה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childשִׁשִּׁ֣יםH8346 · shish.shimsixtyשָׁנָ֑הH8141 · sha.nehyearוַתֵּ֥לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetל֖וֹH9033 · ohimאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׂגֽוּב׃H7687 · se.guvSegub
Cross-references
Numbers 27:1Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these [are] the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.Deuteronomy 3:15And I gave Gilead unto Machir.Numbers 26:29Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead [come] the family of the Gileadites.Numbers 32:39-40And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which [was] in it.Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third [generation]: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
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