KJV King James Version
And these [were] they which went up [also] from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they [were] of Israel.
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Nehemiah 7:61
And these [were] they which went up [also] from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they [were] of Israel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
WEB World English Bible
These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:
ASV American Standard Version
And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And these are those coming up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer—and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they are of Israel—
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 7
58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, [were] three hundred ninety and two.
61 And these [were] they which went up [also] from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they [were] of Israel.
62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took [one] of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
64 These sought their register [among] those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
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וְאֵ֗לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseהָֽעוֹלִים֙H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseמִתֵּ֥לH8528 · tel me.lachTel-melahמֶ֙לַח֙H8528 · tel me.lachTel-melahתֵּ֣לH8521 · tel char.sahTel-harshaחַרְשָׁ֔אH8521 · tel char.sahTel-harshaכְּר֥וּבH3743 · ke.ruvCherubאַדּ֖וֹןH114 · ad.donAddonוְאִמֵּ֑רH564 · im.merImmerוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיָכְל֗וּH3201 · ya.kholbe ableלְהַגִּ֤ידH5046 · na.gadto tellבֵּית־H1004 · betplaceאֲבוֹתָם֙H1 · avfatherוְזַרְעָ֔םH2233 · ze.raseedאִ֥םH518 · imifמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelהֵֽם׃H1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)
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