(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
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Gill's Exposition
And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath; these are the children of Japhlet. Of whom we read not elsewhere,
And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath; these are the…
Barnes' Notes
Sherah could scarcely herself have built the Palestinian cities here mentioned, which must belong to a time not earlier than Joshua. By “she built” we must understand “her descendants built.”
Adam Clarke
His daughter was Sherah - That is, remnant; "called so," says the Targum, "because she was the remnant that escaped from the slaughter mentioned above."
We have here an account,
I. Of the tribe of Ephraim. Great things we read of that tribe when it came to maturity. Here we have an account of the disasters of its infancy, while it was in Egypt as it…
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