Holy Scripture
1 Chronicles 7:15
A church father on this verse
“There is abundant information in the books of Chronicles which were written to continue the books of the Kings and to preserve the memory of such important events. The first book begins with a genealogy that sets out to demonstrate how the human race came from a single man. Since it focuses only on the single kingdom…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
15And Machir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim, and his sister’s name was Maacah; and the name of the second son was Zelophehad; and to Zelophehad were born daughters.
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13The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, his sons, Bilhah his son.
14The sons of Manasseh; Asriel, whom his Syrian concubine bore; and she bore to him also Machir the father of Gilead.
— 1 Chronicles 7:15 —
16And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and called his name Peresh; and his brother’s name was Sheresh; his sons were Ulam, and Rakem.
17And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.