Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
Parallel translations
- WEB Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
- KJV And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
- NKJV Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
- NASB Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
- NLT Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
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Quick answer
Bela's line concludes with Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
Overview
This verse finishes the listing of Bela's sons. The record carefully tracks the branches of Benjamin's leading family. Such detail upheld the inheritance order of the tribe within Israel under God's covenant arrangement.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- 1 Chr 7:12The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.
- Num 26:39the Shuphamite clan from Shupham, and the Huphamite clan from Hupham.
- Judg 3:15And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
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