He married a woman from Judah, who became the mother of Jered (the father of Gedor), Heber (the father of Soco), and Jekuthiel (the father of Zanoah). Mered also married Bithia, a daughter of Pharaoh, and she bore him children.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

His wife—that is, Mered’s. It seems Mered had two wives: Bithiah, an Egyptian woman, and a Jewish wife whose name is not given (as noted in …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And his wife Jehudijah [the margin is right, the Jewess] bare Jered. —It is obvious th…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And his wife Jehudijah
Another wife of Ezra; or, according to Kimchi, of Mered; a Jewess, as the word is by some ren…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remark…