complete verse (1 Chronicles 7:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 7:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “Jediael had one son who was called Bilhan. Bilhan produced seven sons they were: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The son of Jediael was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The child of Jediel was Bilhan. The children of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaana, Zetan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Translation commentary on 1 Chronicles 7:10

The sons of Jedia-el: Bilhan: As in verse 3, the Hebrew text has the plural sons, but there is only one son mentioned. For this reason many modern versions translate using the singular “son” (New International Version, New American Standard Bible, Revised English Bible). Biblia Dios Habla Hoy, for example, says “The son of Jediael was Bilhan” (also New Living Translation, American Bible), and Parola Del Signore: La Bibbia in Lingua Corrente reads “The son of Jediael: Bilhan.” Others take the Hebrew term for sons in a more general sense as including grandsons.

Jedia-el was the third son of Benjamin according to verse 6 above, but he is not mentioned in Gen 46.21.

And the sons of Bilhan …: As in previous verses, Good News Translation states the number of sons listed, here “seven,” although the Hebrew does not actually state the number, only the names.

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Chronicles, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2014. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 7:10

7:10a The son of Jediael: Bilhan.

Jediael’s son was Bilhan. (Easy English Bible)
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Jediael was the father of Bilhan.

7:10b The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah,

Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah,
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Bilhan was the father of Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah

7:10c Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
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and Zethan and Tarshish and Ahishahar.

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