1 Chronicles 7:28

What does 1 Chronicles 7:28 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 7:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Azzah and the towns thereof;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And their possessions and habitations were, Beth–el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Azzah and the towns thereof;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Their heritage and their living-places were Beth-el and its daughter-towns, and Naaran to the east, and Gezer to the west, with its daughter-towns, as well as Shechem and its daughter-towns as far as Azzah and its daughter-towns;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And their possession and their dwellings <FI>are<Fi> Beth-El and its small towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its small towns, and Shechem and its small towns, unto Gaza and its small towns;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And their possessions and habitations were Bethel with her daughters, and eastward Noran, and westward Gazer and her daughters, Sichem also with her daughters, as far as Asa with her daughters.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And their possession and dwelling-places were Bethel and its dependent villages, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer and its dependent villages, and Shechem and its dependent villages as far as to Gazah and its dependent villages.

Context

v.27Nun his son, Joshua his son.

v.28This passage

v.29and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:66

    And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

  • Joshua 16:2

    and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth;

  • Judges 1:22

    And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them.

  • Genesis 28:19

    And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

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