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Nehemiah 7

Nehemiah 7:61

The List of Returning Exiles · Nehemiah 7:4–69
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Translations

Modern
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
Traditional
And these were they which went up also from Tel–melah, Tel–haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
Literal
And these were those who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, and they were not able to declare the house of their fathers and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
Latin
Hi sunt autem qui ascenderunt de Thelmela, Thelharsa, Cherub, Addon, et Emmer: et non potuerunt indicare domum patrum suorum, et semen suum, utrum ex Israël essent,

Original

Hebrew
English
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

Notes

Nehemiah 7:61–62

they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel: They had no family records.

Theme notes and profiles

Nehemiah

Parallels

Ezra 2:1–67

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Addan: A place from which some returned exiles came Cherub: Babylonian location; home of some returning exiles Immer: A place from which exiles returned to Jerusalem Tel-harsha: Babylonian city from which exiles returned Tel-melah: Babylonian city from which exiles returned

Glossary

Adasa Addan Addon Book of Ezra Cherub (Place) Genealogy Immer (Place) Singer Tel-Harsha Tel-Melah

Topics

Addan: Also Called Addon Cherub: Name of a Place or Person Immer: Name of a Man or Town Israel, Prophecies Concerning: Captivity of Nehemiah is Commissioned to Lead the Remainder of the Captivity Levites: The List of Those Who Returned from Captivity Tel-Harsa: A Place in Babylonia Tel-Melah: A Place in Babylonia