Good News Bible Anglicised

1 Chronicles 7:14-22 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

14. By his Aramean concubine, Manasseh had two sons, Asriel and Machir. Machir was the father of Gilead.

15. Machir found a wife for Huppim and one for Shuppim. His sister's name was Maacah. Machir's second son was Zelophehad, and he had only daughters.

16. Maacah, Machir's wife, gave birth to two sons, whom they named Peresh and Sheresh. Peresh had two sons, Ulam and Rakem,

17. and Ulam had a son named Bedan. These are all descendants of Gilead, the son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh.

18. Gilead's sister Hammolecheth had three sons: Ishod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

19. (Shemida had four sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.)

20. These are the descendants of Ephraim from generation to generation: Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath,

21. Zabad, Shuthelah. Ephraim had two other sons besides Shuthelah: Ezer and Elead, who were killed when they tried to steal the livestock belonging to the native inhabitants of Gath.

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