1 Chronicles 4:27

“And Shimei had sixteene sonnes, and sixe daughters, but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Iudah.”

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Other Translations for 1 Chronicles 4:27

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
- King James Version

Now Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, nor did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had only a small number of children, and their family was not as fertile as the children of Judah.
- Basic English Bible

and Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. And his brethren had not many sons; neither did all their family multiply like to the sons of Judah.
- Darby Bible

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like the children of Judah.
- Webster's Bible

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn't have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.
- World English Bible

And to Shimei [are] sixteen sons and six daughters, and to his brethren there are not many sons, and none of their families have multiplied as much as the sons of Judah.
- Youngs Literal Bible

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Commentary for 1 Chronicles 4:27

Wesley's Notes for 1 Chronicles 4:27

4:27 Of Judah - The tribe of Simeon did not increaseproportionably to the tribe of Judah in which they dwelt; asappears by those two catalogues, #Numb 1:22 26:14|, which isto be ascribed to God's curse upon them, delivered by the mouth ofholy Jacob, #Gen 49:5 |- 7, and signified byMoses's neglect of them when he blessed all the other tribes.


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