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1 Chronicles 4

1 Chronicles 4:18

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Translations

Modern
These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
Traditional
And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
Literal
And His wife, a Judean, bore Jared the father of Gedor. And Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
Latin
Uxor quoque ejus Judaia, peperit Jared patrem Gedor, et Heber patrem Socho, et Icuthiel patrem Zanoë: hi autem filii Bethiæ filiæ Pharaonis, quam accepit Mered.

Original

Hebrew
English
These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

Notes

1 Chronicles 4:18

Mered's wife, Bithia, was a daughter of Pharaoh. This made some of Judah's descendants part Egyptian.

1 Chronicles 4:9–20

The exact family trees of Judah's remaining descendants are unknown. The Chronicler likely had incomplete information.

Theme notes and profiles

Ancestors of Jesus

People

Bithiah: Daughter of Pharaoh who married Mered of Judah Heber: Son of Mered, from the tribe of Judah Jehudijah: Wife of Mered; mother of Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel Jekuthiel: Son of Mered, founder of Zanoah Jered: Son of Mered, founder of Gedor Mered: Son of Ezrah from the tribe of Judah Pharaoh: Pharaoh and father-in-law of Mered, a descendant of Judah Soco: Son of Heber, from the tribe of Judah

Places

Gedor: Town in Judah; home of Judahite clan members Zanoah: A town in the Judean lowlands allotted to Judah

Glossary

Bithiah Chronicles, Books of First and Second Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Gedor (Place) Genealogy Heber Jehudijah Jekuthiel Jered Mered Shammai Socho Soco (Person) Soco (Place), Socoh Zanoah (Person)

Topics

Bithiah: Daughter of Pharaoh Gedor: Either a Place or a Person (Authorities Disagree) Heber: Son of Ezra Jehudijah: Wife of Ezra Jekuthiel: Son of Ezra Jered: Son of Ezra Mered: Son of Ezra Pharaoh: Father-In-Law of Mered Socho: Son of Heber Zanoah: A Descendant of Caleb