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Numbers 26:8

Pallu's descendant was Eliab.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Eliab;   Pallu;   Phallu;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Reuben, the Tribe of;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Eliab;   Pallu;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Birthright;   Eliab;   Pallu;   Reuben;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Pallu;   Peleth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Genealogy;   Pallu;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eliab ;   Pallu, Palluites ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'ab;   Pal'lu;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eliab;   Genealogy;   Numbers, Book of;   Pallu;   Text of the Old Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eliab;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Pallu: Eli'av.
King James Version
And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
Lexham English Bible
The children of Pallu: Eliab.
English Standard Version
And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.
New Century Version
The son of Pallu was Eliab,
Amplified Bible
The son of Pallu: Eliab.
New American Standard Bible
The son of Pallu: Eliab.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Pallu, Eliab:
Legacy Standard Bible
And the son of Pallu: Eliab.
Contemporary English Version
Pallu was the father of Eliab
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Pallu: Eli'av;
Darby Translation
And the sons of Pallu: Eliab;
Easy-to-Read Version
Pallu's son was Eliab.
George Lamsa Translation
And the son of Pallu, Eliab.
Good News Translation
The descendants of Pallu were Eliab
Christian Standard Bible®
The son of Pallu was Eliab.
Literal Translation
And the son of Pallu was Eliab.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the childre of Pallu were, Eliab.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.
Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Pallu, Eliab
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the sonnes of Pallu, Eliab.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.
King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Pallu, Eliab.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Phallu were Eliab,
English Revised Version
And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
Berean Standard Bible
Now the son of Pallu was Eliab,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The sone of Phallu was Heliab;
Young's Literal Translation
And the son of Pallu [is] Eliab;
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Phallu; Eliab.
World English Bible
The sons of Pallu: Eliab.
New King James Version
And the son of Pallu was Eliab.
New Living Translation
Pallu was the ancestor of Eliab,
New Life Bible
Eliab was the son of Pallu.
New Revised Standard
And the descendants of Pallu: Eliab.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, the sons of Pallu, were Eliab;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The son of Phallu was Eliab.
Revised Standard Version
And the sons of Pallu: Eli'ab.
THE MESSAGE
The son of Pallu: Eliab.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The son of Pallu: Eliab.

Contextual Overview

5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites; 6 from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These were the families of the Reubenites; and those numbered of them were 43,730. 8 Pallu's descendant was Eliab. 9 Eliab's descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the Lord . 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning. 11 But the descendants of Korah did not die. 12 The Simeonites by their families: from Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; from Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; from Jakin, the family of the Jakinites; 13 from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; and from Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These were the families of the Simeonites, 22,200.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 26:18
Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
Genesis 26:19
When Isaac's servants dug in the valley and discovered a well with fresh flowing water there,
Judges 5:28
Through the window she looked; Sisera's mother cried out through the lattice: ‘Why is his chariot so slow to return? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot-horses delayed?'
Proverbs 7:6
For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.
Song of Solomon 2:9
My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the window, peering through the lattice.
Isaiah 62:5
As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the sons of Pallu,.... Or son, the plural for the singular, Pallu having but one son, whose name was Eliab, the father of Dathan and Abiram; Numbers 26:9.


 
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