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The Descendants of Ephraim

1 Chronicles 7:23

In 11 translations

BSB
And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for tragedy or disaster.
KJV
¶ And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
WEB
He went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house.“Beriah” is similar to the Hebrew word for “misfortune”.
ASV
And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
LSV
and he goes in to his wife, and she conceives and bears a son, and he calls his name Beriah, because his house had been in calamity—
YLT
and he goeth in unto his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Beriah, because in evil had been his house, —
DBY
And he went in to his wife; and she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, for [he was born] when calamity was in his house.
DRC
And he went in to his wife: and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because he was born when it went evil with his house:
GNV
And when he went in to his wife, she conceiued, and bare him a sonne, and he called his name Beriah, because affliction was in his house.
JPS
And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
LXXE
And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because, said he, He was afflicted in my house.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמוֹ֙ בְּרִיעָ֔ה כִּ֥י בְרָעָ֖ה הָיְתָ֥ה בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔλαβεν ἐν γαστρὶ, καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱόν· καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Βεριὰ, ὅτι ἐν κακοῖς ἐγένετο ἐν οἴκῳ μου.

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  • 2 Samuel 23:5Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?

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