And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
When he went in to his wife. The historian here returns to the genealogy of Ephraim.
She conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah х Bªriy`aah (H1283)] - signifying a gift or donation. Accordingly, Michaelis ('Supplement,' 224) renders the clause, 'and he (Ephraim) called his name Beriah, because a gift was sent unto his house' - i:e., this son, born to him in his old age, contrary to the course of nature, was regarded as sent by the special favour of God. [Gesenius proposes bªraa`aah (H7451), evil, as being from raa`aah (H7462), with Beth (b) pleonastic, and translates as in our version, 'because evil (calamity) was unto his house.' The Septuagint has: hoti en kakois egeneto en oikoo mou, 'because evil (calamity) was unto his house.' The Septuagint has: hoti en kakois egeneto en oikoo mou, because he was born amid evils in my house.]