KJV King James Version
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.
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1 Chronicles 7:16
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.
WEB World English Bible
Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
ASV American Standard Version
And Maacah 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Maachah wife of Machir beareth a son and calleth his name Peresh, and the name of his brother is Sheresh, and his sons are Ulam and Rakem.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 7
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.
19 And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
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וַתֵּ֨לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetמַעֲכָ֤הH4601 · ma.a.khahMaacahאֵֽשֶׁת־H802 · ish.shahwomanמָכִיר֙H4353 · ma.khirMachirבֵּ֔ןH1121 · benson: childוַתִּקְרָ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמוֹ֙H8034 · shemnameפֶּ֔רֶשׁH6570 · pe.reshPereshוְשֵׁ֥םH8034 · shemnameאָחִ֖יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingשָׁ֑רֶשׁH8329 · she.reshShereshוּבָנָ֖יוH1121 · benson: childאוּלָ֥םH198 · u.lamUlamוָרָֽקֶם׃H7552 · re.qemRekem
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