And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
Parallel translations
- WEB His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
- BSB His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
- 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 6:11And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
- Num 26:30These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
- Judg 6:34But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
- Judg 6:24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Judg 8:2And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
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