His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
Parallel translations
- WEB His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
- KJV And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
- NKJV His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
- NASB His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
- NLT Makir’s sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
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Quick answer
Hammolecheth, Machir's sister, bears Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
Overview
The record notes a woman's offspring, including Abiezer, the clan from which Gideon would later come. Honoring the female line within the genealogy shows the breadth of God's covenant dealings. It quietly foreshadows how God would raise up a deliverer from this very family to save His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Judg 6:11Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
- Num 26:30These were the descendants of Gilead: the Iezerite clan from Iezer, the Helekite clan from Helek,
- Judg 6:34So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.
- Judg 6:24So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Judg 8:2But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
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