18And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
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And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,
And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-23)We may observe in these verses, 1. That here is a whole family of craftsmen, handicraft tradesmen, that applied themselves to all sorts of manufactures, in which they were ingenious and industrious above their neighbours, 1 Chron. 4:14. There was a valley where they lived which was, from them, called the valley of craftsmen . Those that are craftsmen are not therefore to be looked upon as mean men…
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