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1 Chronicles 8:1

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NOW Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
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  1. Genesis 46:21Rank 1 from verse 1
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    21¶ And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

  2. Numbers 26:38Rank 2 from verse 1
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    38¶ The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:

  3. 1 Chronicles 7:6–12Rank 3 from verse 1
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    6The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

    7And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

    8And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.

    9And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.

    10The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

    11All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

    12Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.

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1 Chronicles 8:1

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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1NOW Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

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2Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

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