In this chapter we have some account of the genealogies, I. Of Issachar, 1 Chron. 7:1–5. II. Of Benjamin, 1 Chron. 7:6–12. III. Of Naphtali, 1 Chron. 7:13. IV. Of Manasseh, 1 Chron. 7:14–19. V. Of Ephraim, 1 Chron. 7:20–29. VI. Of Asher, 1 Chron. 7:30–40.

We have here a short view given us, I. Of the tribe of Issachar, whom Jacob had compared to a strong ass, couching between two burdens , an industrious tribe, that minded their country business very closely and rejoiced in their tents, Deut. 33:18. And here it appears, 1.

We have here an account, I. Of the tribe of Ephraim. Great things we read of that tribe when it came to maturity. Here we have an account of the disasters of its infancy, while it was in Egypt as it should seem; for Ephraim himself was alive when those things were done, which yet is hard to imagine…