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1 Chronicles 2:21
Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records a genealogical entry tracing Hezron’s union with Machir’s daughter and the birth of their son Segub. This occurs within a broader ancestral list connecting the tribes of Judah and Manasseh.
The words — The phrase וְאַחַר (ve-'aChar) literally means “and afterward,” marking a chronological shift in the patriarchal record. The verb בָּא (ba') translates as “he went,” a Hebrew idiom for entering into marital relations.
The thread — Machir as “father of Gilead” appears in Numbers 26:29 and Numbers 27:1, where his lineage produces the Zelophehad clan. Genesis 50:23 notes that Machir’s descendants were fostered on Joseph’s knees, linking this branch to the northern tribes.
Why it lands — The text states that Hezron married at sixty and fathered Segub, providing a factual link in a tribal genealogy. It requires the reader to track how individual patriarchal unions sustain the continuity of Israel’s clan structure.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
Cross-references
- Numbers 27:1 Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached
- Genesis 50:23 He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
- Numbers 26:29 These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
- Numbers 32:39 The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Deuteronomy 3:15 To Machir I gave Gilead,