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1 Chronicles 4:14

Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aphrah;   Charashim;   Joab;   Meonothai;   Ophrah;   Othniel;   Seraiah;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Valleys;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Charashim;   Joab;   Ophrah;   Seraiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Charashim, Valley of;   Joab;   Meonothai;   Ophrah;   Othniel;   Pahath Moab;   Seraiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Geharashim;   Kenizzite;   Masons;   Meonothai;   Ophrah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ge-Harashim;   Joab;   Kenizzites;   Meonothai;   Ophrah;   Seraiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Charashim ;   Craftsman;   Joab ;   Meonothai ;   Ophrah ;   Seraiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Seraiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Joab;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Char'ashim, the Valley of;   Jo'ab;   Meon'otha-I;   Oph'rah;   Sera'iah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Ge-Harashim;   Jephunneh;   Joab;   Meonothai;   Ophrah;   Seraiah;   Vale;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ge-ḥarashim;   Joab;   Seraiah;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the founder of the Valley of Craftsmen, so called because they were craftsmen.
English Revised Version
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge–harashim; for they were craftsmen.
Update Bible Version
And Meonothai begot Ophrah: and Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.
New Century Version
Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab. Joab was the ancestor of the people from Craftsmen's Valley, named that because the people living there were craftsmen.
New English Translation
Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those who live in the Valley of the Craftsmen, for they were craftsmen.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were artificers.
World English Bible
Meonothai became the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.
Amplified Bible
Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge-harashim [the Valley of Craftsmen, so named] because they were craftsmen.
English Standard Version
Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, so-called because they were craftsmen.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the sones of Othonyel weren Athiath, and Maonaththa, that gendride Opham. Forsothe Saraia gendride Joab, the fadir of the valey of crafti men; for there weren crafti men.
Contemporary English Version
who was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, who settled a place called "Valley of Crafts" because the people who lived there were experts in making things.
American Standard Version
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.
Bible in Basic English
And Meonothai was the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge-harashim; they were expert workmen.
Complete Jewish Bible
M‘onotai fathered ‘Ofrah, and S'rayah fathered Yo'av the father of Gei-Harashim; for they were craftsmen .
Darby Translation
And Meonothai begot Ophrah: and Seraiah begot Joab, the father of the valley of craftsmen; for they were craftsmen.
Easy-to-Read Version
Meonothai was Ophrah's father. And Seraiah was Joab's father. Joab was the founder of the Ge Harashim. The people used that name because they were skilled workers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Meonothai begot Ophrah; and Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.
King James Version (1611)
And Meonothai begate Ophrah: and Seraiah begate Ioab, the father of the valley of Charasim, for they were craftesmen.
New Life Bible
Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, who was the father of Ge-harashim. They were good at making things.
New Revised Standard
Meonothai became the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah became the father of Joab father of Ge-harashim, so-called because they were artisans.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Meonothai begate Ophrah. And Seraiah begate Ioab the father of the valley of craftesmen: for they were craftesmen.
George Lamsa Translation
These are the sons of Caleb the son of Jophaniah.
Good News Translation
Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the founder of Handcraft Valley, where all the people were skilled workers.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Meonothai, begat Ophrah, - and, Seraiah, begat Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, for they were, craftsmen.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Maonathi begot Ophra, and Saraia begot Joab the father of the Valley of artificers: for artificers were there.
Revised Standard Version
Meo'nothai was the father of Ophrah; and Serai'ah was the father of Jo'ab the father of Ge-har'ashim, so-called because they were craftsmen.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Meonathi begat Ophrah: And Seraia begat Ioab the father of the valley of craftes men, [so called] because they were craftes men.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Manathi begot Gophera: and Saraia begot Jobab, the father of Ageaddair, for they were artificers.
Christian Standard Bible®
Meonothai fathered Ophrah,
Hebrew Names Version
Me`onotai became the father of Ofrat: and Serayah became the father of Yo'av the father of Ge-Harashim; for they were craftsmen.
King James Version
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
Lexham English Bible
And Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-Harashim, because they were craftsmen.
Literal Translation
And Meonothai fathered Ophrah. And Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of the Valley of the Craftsmen; for they were craftsmen.
Young's Literal Translation
And Meonothai begat Ophrah, and Seraiah begat Joab father of the valley of artificers, for they were artificers.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Meonothai begat Aphra. And Saraia begat Ioab the father of Geharasim: for they were carpenters.
THE MESSAGE
Meonothai had Ophrah; Seraiah had Joab, the founder of Ge Harashim (Colony of Artisans).
New American Standard Bible
Meonothai fathered Ophrah, and Seraiah fathered Joab the father of Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.
New King James Version
and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge Harashim, [fn] for they were craftsmen.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.
Legacy Standard Bible
Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.

Contextual Overview

11Kelub the brother of Shuhah was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah. 13The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai. 14Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.15The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz. 16The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 17The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered's wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18These were the sons of Pharaoh's daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. 19The sons of Hodiah's wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 20The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

valley: or, inhabitants of the valley

Charashim: that is, craftsmen. 2 Kings 24:14, Nehemiah 11:35

Reciprocal: Genesis 36:43 - father 1 Chronicles 4:23 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 4:5
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
Genesis 4:6
"Why are you angry," said the LORD to Cain, "and why has your countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 4:12
When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."
Genesis 4:13
But Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 4:14
Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:15
"Not so!" replied the LORD. "If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold." And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
Genesis 4:16
So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Meonothai,.... Another son of Othniel:

begat Ophrah; and Seraiah, the brother of Othniel, begat Joab; not David's general, but another of the same name, who lived long before him, see 1 Chronicles 2:54

the father of the valley of Charashim: of the inhabitants of the valley, or the prince of them, called the valley of craftsmen, Nehemiah 11:35 the reason of which is here given:

for they were craftsmen; that dwelt in it, carpenters and smiths, both which the word signifies, men that wrought in stone, wood, and iron.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The words “and Meonothai” should he added to the end of 1 Chronicles 4:13; but they should be retained also at the commencement of 1 Chronicles 4:14. Or, see the marginal note.


 
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