1st Chronicles Chapter 7 verse 22 Holy Bible
And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
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And for a long time Ephraim their father went on weeping for them, and his brothers came to give him comfort.
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And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
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And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
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And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
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Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
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And Ephraim their father mourneth many days, and his brethren come in to comfort him,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22-23) This is either what we should call a metaphorical description of the enfeebling of the tribe of Ephraim by the disaster which had befallen two of its chief houses, and of its subsequent recovery owing to the natural increase of its numbers, and the formation of a new and populous clan, that of Beriah; or if this be deemed too bold an interpretation of the archaic record, we have nothing for it but to suppose that the whole account relates to an expedition from Goshen, under two sons of Ephraim, during the lifetime of that patriarch; who, after the death of Ezer and Elead, begat another son, Beriah.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewTheir fatherאֲבִיהֶ֖ם (’ă·ḇî·hem)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 1: FatherEphraimאֶפְרַ֥יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territorymournedוַיִּתְאַבֵּ֛ל (way·yiṯ·’ab·bêl)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 56: To bewailfor manyרַבִּ֑ים (rab·bîm)Adjective - masculine pluralStrong's 7227: Much, many, greatdays,יָמִ֣ים (yā·mîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 3117: A dayand his relativesאֶחָ֖יו (’e·ḥāw)Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 251: A brother, )cameוַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, goto comfort him.לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ (lə·na·ḥă·mōw)Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avengeJump to PreviousComfort Ephraim E'phraim Mourned Mourneth Relatives Time Weeping
