📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 7:23
What does 1 Chronicles 7:23 mean?
"He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house."
— 1 Chronicles 7:23 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their livestock.
Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house.
His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah.
Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, Tahan his son,
Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
Explanation
This verse comes from a genealogical list in 1 Chronicles 7 that traces the descendants of Ephraim, one of the sons of Joseph. Read in isolation, it simply states that Ephraim (the family patriarch in this section) had relations with his wife, she conceived, and bore a son whom he named Beriah — a name that in Hebrew carries the sense of "misfortune" or "calamity," because it was given in connection with trouble that had come upon his household. To understand it, you need the preceding verses (21-22), which explain what that trouble was: some of Ephraim's sons had g
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