Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brothers, six hundred ninety.
Parallel translations
- KJV And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
- BSB From the Zerahites: Jeuel and 690 relatives.
- ESV Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their kinsmen, 690.
- NKJV Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren—six hundred and ninety.
- NASB From the sons of Zerah were Jeuel and their relatives, 690 of them.
- NLT From the Zerahite clan, Jeuel returned with his relatives. In all, 690 families from the tribe of Judah returned.
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Cross-references · 4
- Gen 38:30Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.
- Num 26:20The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
- 1 Chr 2:4Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
- 1 Chr 2:6The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.
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