1 Chronicles 2:35
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
1 Chronicles 2:35 in other translations
| BSB | Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai. |
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| WEB | Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai. |
| ASV | And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. |
| YLT | and Sheshan giveth his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife, and she beareth to him Attai; |
| DARBY | and Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai. |
| BBE | And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha, his servant, as a wife; and she had Attai by him. |
| Webster | And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife; and she bore him Attai. |
What does 1 Chronicles 2:35 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
35. Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife--The adoption and marriage of a foreign slave in the family where he is serving, is far from being a rare or extraordinary occurrence in Eastern countries. It is thought, however, by some to have been a connection not sanctioned by the law of Moses [Michaelis]. But this is not a well-founded objection, as the history of the Jews furnishes not a few examples of foreign proselytes in the same manner obtaining an inheritance in Israel; and doubtless Jarha had previously embraced the Jewish faith in place of the grovelling idolatries of his native Egypt. In such a case, therefore, there could be no legal difficulty. Being a foreign slave, he had no inheritance in a different tribe to injure by this connection; while his marriage with Sheshan's daughter led to his adoption into the tribe of Judah, as well as his becoming heir of the family property.
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
1 Chronicles 2:35 in the original Hebrew
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ל֖וֹloto him
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Sheshan.When the people of the East have no sons, they frequently
marry their daughters to their slaves, even when they have
much property to bestow upon them. Hassan had been the slave
of Kamel, his predecessor; but Kamel, according to the custom
of the country, gave him one of his daughters in marriage, and
left him at his death one part of his great riches which he
had amassed in the course of a long and prosperous life
(Maillet, Lett. xi. p. 118).
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 2:34
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
- 1 Chronicles 2:35
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
- 1 Chronicles 2:36
And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
1 Chronicles 2:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tuvo Sesán un siervo Egipcio, llamado Jarha, al cual dió Sesán por mujer á su hija; y ella le parió á Athai. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et Shéshan donna sa fille pour femme à Jarkha, son serviteur, et elle lui enfanta Atthaï; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und Scheschan gab seinem Knechte Jarcha seine Tochter zum Weibe, und sie gebar ihm Attai. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Deditque ei filiam suam uxorem: quæ peperit ei Ethei. |