King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 7:16 Mean?
“And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.”
Context
14
The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ( but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
16
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17
And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18
And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(16) **Peresh . . . Sheresh** occur nowhere else.
**Ulam and Rakem** (Rekem) were probably sons of the elder, Peresh, whose line would naturally be continued, as usual.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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