22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
22 Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
22 Their father Ephraim grieved a long time and his family gathered to give him comfort.
22 Then Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
22 Their father, Ephraim, mourned for them a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 7:22
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Genealogies.
Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dan. We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Revelation 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the true God, for any creature object.