Numbers 27:4
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he has no son? Give to us therefore a possession among the brothers of our father.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he has no son? Give to us therefore a possession among the brothers of our father.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Why is the name of our father to be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give us a heritage among our father's brothers.
Webster's Revision
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give to us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
World English Bible
Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father."
English Revised Version (ERV)
Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.
Barnes's Numbers 27:4 Bible Commentary
Give unto us - As representing our father; that so he, through us his representatives, may enjoy a like inheritance with his brethren.
Wesley's Numbers 27:4 Bible Commentary
27:4 Be done away - As it will be, if it be not preserved by an inheritance given to us in his name and for his sake. Hence some gather, that the first son of each of these heiresses was called by their father's name, by virtue of that law, Deuteronomy 25:6 , whereby the brother's first son was to bear the name of his elder brother, whose widow he married. Give us a possession - In the land of Canaan upon the division of it, which though not yet conquered, they concluded would certainly be so, and thereby gave glory to God.
