Topic
Bered
3 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 16:14Easton · Smith · Nave 1. A town in the south of Palestine
Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
- 1 Chronicles 7:20Easton · Smith · Nave 2. A son of Shuthelah
¶ And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
- Numbers 26:35Smith · Nave 2. A son of Shuthelah — Probably same as BECHER
¶ These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Hail. (1.) A town in the south of Palestine (Gen. 16:14), in the desert of Shur, near Lahai-roi.
(2.) A son of Shuthelah, and grandson of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:20).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- A place in the south of Palestine, near the well Lahairoi. (Genesis 16:14)
- A son or descendant of Ephraim, (1 Chronicles 7:20) possibly identical with Becher in (Numbers 26:35)
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.