2:21 Later 1 Hezron had sexual relations with 2 the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married 3 her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub.
4:17 The sons of Ezrah:
Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.
Mered’s wife Bithiah 5 gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
4:19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham:
the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
7:14 The sons of Manasseh:
Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. 6 She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.
26:10 Hosah, one of the descendants of Merari, had sons:
The firstborn Shimri (he was not actually the firstborn, but his father gave him that status),
1 sn This means “later” in relation to the births of the three sons (Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb) mentioned in v. 9.
2 tn Heb “Hezron went to.”
3 tn Heb “he took,” referring to taking in marriage.
4 tn Or “Havvoth Jair” (NIV, NRSV). Some translations do not translate the phrase (“havvoth” = “the towns of”), but treat it as part of the place name.
5 tn The Hebrew text has simply, “and she gave birth to,” without identifying the subject. The words “Mered’s wife Bithiah” are added in the translation for clarification. See v. 18b, which mentions “Bethiah, whom Mered married.”
6 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 1:32.
7 tn Heb “listened to him.”