Of Merari <04847> [was] the family <04940> of the Mahlites <04250>, and the family <04940> of the Mushites <04188>: these [are] the families <04940> of Merari <04847>.
BBE
From Merari come the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.
MESSAGE
Merari was ancestor to the clans of the Mahlites and the Mushites, known as the Merarite clans.
NKJV
From Merari [came] the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these [were] the families of Merari.
PHILIPS
RWEBSTR
Of Merari [was] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these [are] the families of Merari.
GWV
To Merari belonged the families descended from Mahli and Mushi. These were the families descended from Merari.
NET
From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were* the families of Merari.
NET
3:33 From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were134
tn The Hebrew text has “these they the families of Merari.” The independent personal pronoun has an anaphoric use, somewhat equivalent to the copula “and” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 23, §115).