KJV King James Version
And Machir took to wife [the sister] of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name [was] Maachah;) and the name of the second [was] Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Chronicles 7:15
And Machir took to wife [the sister] of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name [was] Maachah;) and the name of the second [was] Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
WEB World English Bible
and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
ASV American Standard Version
and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Machir took wives for Huppim and for Shuppim, and the name of the one is Maachah, and the name of the second Zelophehad, and Zelophehad hath daughters.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 7
12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, [and] Hushim, the sons of Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ([but] his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15 And Machir took to wife [the sister] of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name [was] Maachah;) and the name of the second [was] Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother [was] Sheresh; and his sons [were] Ulam and Rakem.
17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These [were] the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
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וּמָכִ֞ירH4353 · ma.khirMachirלָקַ֤חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאִשָּׁה֙H802 · ish.shahwomanלְחֻפִּ֣יםH2650 · chup.pimHuppimוּלְשֻׁפִּ֔יםH8206 · shup.pimShuppimוְשֵׁ֤םH8034 · shemnameאֲחֹתוֹ֙H269 · a.chotsisterמַעֲכָ֔הH4601 · ma.a.khahMaacahוְשֵׁ֥םH8034 · shemnameהַשֵּׁנִ֖יH8145 · she.nisecondצְלָפְחָ֑דH6765 · tse.loph.chadZelophehadוַתִּהְיֶ֥נָהH1961 · ha.yahto beלִצְלָפְחָ֖דH6765 · tse.loph.chadZelophehadבָּנֽוֹת׃H1323 · batdaughter
Cross-references
Numbers 26:33And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad [were] Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.Numbers 36:1-12And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:Numbers 27:1-11Then 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.
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