q From theſe are ſprung the preſent Inhabitants of Rechah,a Town baſh, not elſewhere mentionod,
13 And the ſons of Kenaz r ; Othniel, and Serajah: and the ſons of Othniel ; || Hatharh s. [| Or, 4.
r The Sons either of Chelub, wer. 11. or of his Son Eſbton, v. 12. thath and and the Father of Jephunneh,and conſequently Calleb's Grandfather, Meny: v. 15. Whence Caleb is called a Kimnexite, Numb: 32: 12- ſtrand, and Meonothai, out of ver.14. See above on ver: 7.
14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Serajah, be- gat Joab, the father * of the || valley # of F Charathim, * yy, for they were Crafcſmen. 11, 35.
t 7. e. Of the Inhabitants of the Valley. || Or,inha-
15 And the ſons of Caleb the ſon of Jephunneh ; Iru, Þitants Elah,and Naam: and the ſons of Elah; || even Kenaz «. ihe Pale,
u Another K-naz differing from that Kenaz, wv. 13. Or, his Name + Thar ; might be Uknaz. Crefiſmm,
16 And the ſons of Jehaleleel x ; Ziph;and Ziphah, | or Tiria, and Azareel. U Kaz,
x The Son of Kenaz, or Uknaz laſt mentioned.
17 And the ſons of Ezra y were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher,and Jalon: and ſhe bare z Miriam,and Sham= ma, and Iſhbah the father of Eh: emoa.
y The Son of 4zareel laſt named. x She, 7. e. Bithiah, bare unto Mered, As may ſcem by comparing this with v. 18.
18And his wife «|| Jehudijah 6 bare Jered the father | Or, 4 of Gedor, and Heber the facher of Zocho and Jekuthi- Jew. el the father of Zanoah. And theſe c are the ſons of Bi- thiah the daughter of Pharaoh d, which Mered took.
s Either Ezra's Wife, or rather, another Wife of Mered. b Or, the Jeweſs,ſo called to diſtinguiſh her from his Egyprian Wife here fol= lowing. c To wit, Miriam, and the reſt following, v. 17. d Either 1. of Pharaoh King of Egypt: For Mered might be a Perfon of great Eſtate and Quality : Or this might be only Pharaoh's Iilegitimate Daughter. Or, of ſome other Egyptian or 1ſraelite called by that Name 3 which might eaiily happen upon divers occaſions.
19 And the ſons of his wife {| Hodiah e, the ſiſter of | 05, J« Nahum,the father ofKeilah the Garmite,and Elhtemoa jel, the Maachathite. mentiond
« His third Wife. ".
20 And the ſons of Shimon f were, Amnon,and Rin-
ah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the 1ons of Ihi g were oheth, and Ben-zoheth.
f Another Son of the Father of Keilah, mentioned v.19. & Son of Tilon laſt mentioned.
21 The ons of Shelah þ4 * the ſon of Judah were, Er, *en.;! the father of Lecah,and Laadah the father of Marelbah, ', 5. and the families of the houſe of them that wrought fine linen, of the houſe of Aſhbea,
þ Having treated of the Poiterity of Judah by Pharez, and by | Zare, he now comes to his Progeny by Shelah, of whom ſee Gen.38:;
22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joalb, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab z,and Jaſhu- bi-lehem. And, || zheſe are ancient things &.
i Which they ruled in the name and for the uſe and ſervice of the Kings of Judah,to whom Moab was Subje& from David's Time. Or, who had Poſſeſſions 72 Moab: or, who married wives in Moab, k The Senſe is either, 1. Theſe Perſons and things were in Ancient times; and therefore it is not ſtrange if now they be ſo little known.But that might have been with equal Truth faid of divers other parts of this Account. Or, rather, 2. But thoſe Bleſſed times and Things are long ſince paſt and gone. Our Anceſtors then had the Domi-« nion over the Heathen, but their degenerate Poſterity are now ſlaves to them in Chalazs, Perſia, &c, where they are employed as Potters or Gardiners, or in other Servile Works.
23 Theſe were / the Potters, and choſe that dwelt a- mong Plants and Hedges: there they dwelr xs with the king » for his work.
1 Or rather, theſe are : for he ſeems to oppoſe their preſent Servitude to their former Glory, and to ſhew their low and mean Spirits that had rather tarry among the Heathen to do their Drud- gery, than return to Jeruſalem to terve God and enjoy their Frees dom. m Or, tarried, Or, now dwell; when their Brethren are re- turned, » Of Babylon or Perſia : Eſteeming it a greater Honour an Happineſs to ſerve that Earthly Monaich in the mcaneſt Employ= meats, than to terve the King of Kings ia his Temple, and in his moſt Noble and Heavenly Work,
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o Theſe are here joyned with 7udah,becauſe their Poſſeſſion was od: 6: taken out of Judahbs Portion, Joſ.19.1.This Account ſeems ro differ from that, Gen 46. both in the Number and Names of the Perſons, which is not ſtrange, c2ntidering how Cuſtomary it was amongſt the Hebrews for one Perſon to have 2,or 3 Names given to him upon ſeveral occalions. And for Ohad, Gen-46.10- he may be omitted here, becaule he left no Poſterity or Family after him, as the reſt did.
25 Snallum his ſon p,Mibſam his ſon, Miſhma his ſon.
p 7. e. Son of Saul laſt mentioned.
26 And the ſons of Miſhma ; Hamuel his ſon, Zacchur his ſon, Shimei his fon. _.
27 And Shimei had ſixteen ſons, and ſix daughters : but his brethren had not many children,neither did all
their Family multiply,F like to the children of Judah q.