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.
- BSB His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
- NKJV His sister Hammoleketh bore 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 6:11Yahweh’s angel came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.
- Num 26:30These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
- Judg 6:34But Yahweh’s Spirit came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together to follow him.
- Judg 6:24Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it “Yahweh is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Judg 8:2He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
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