1 Chronicles 7:22 BSB

1 Chronicles 7:22

Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

KJV

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Ephraim their father mourned many days,.... For the loss of his son and grandchildren for the above fact was done while the Israelites were in Egypt, and Ephraim the patriarch yet alive; nor is there any need to suppose another Ephraim, different from him: and his brethren came to comfort him; some of the heads of the other tribes of Israel, particularly Manasseh, with some of his family.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֛ל	vai.yit.'a.Bel	and he mourned	H56 →
אֶפְרַ֥יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	Ephraim	H669 →
אֲבִיהֶ֖ם	'a.vi.Hem	father their	H1 →
יָמִ֣ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
רַבִּ֑ים	ra.Bim	many	H7227 →
וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they came	H935 →
אֶחָ֖יו	'e.Chav	brothers his	H251 →
לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃	le.na.cha.Mo	to comfort him	H5162 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 2:11
Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together…
leads to
- Romans 12:15
  Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- Job 42:11
  All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And…
- Genesis 25:2
  and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Proverbs 17:17
  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Jeremiah 49:7
  Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
Through
Genesis 37:34
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
leads to
- Genesis 37:29
  When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
- 2 Samuel 3:31
  Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
- 1 Kings 20:31
  Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth…