1-chronicles 1:20

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

American King James Version (AKJV)

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

American Standard Version (ASV)

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah

Webster's Revision

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

World English Bible

Joktan became the father of Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

English Revised Version (ERV)

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah;

Definitions for 1-chronicles 1:20

Begat - To bear; to bring forth.

Clarke's 1-chronicles 1:20 Bible Commentary

Joktan begat Almodad - "He divided and measured the earth by lines. Sheleph; he assigned rivers to be boundaries. Hazarmaveth; he prepared a place of snares to kill by the highways. Jerah; he built inns, and when any person came to eat and drink, he gave him deadly poison, and so took his property." - T.

According to these traditions, the two first were geographers; the third, a public robber; and the fourth, an unprincipled innkeeper, who gave poison to his rich guests, that he might get their property. Such things have been done even in modern times.