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Person Old Testament

Tahan

Tahan was a descendant of Ephraim, the son of Telah and father of Ladan. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 7:25.

Why it matters. Son of Telah, from the tribe of Ephraim

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Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Tahan

Tahan is mentioned in 1Ch.7.25 as a descendant of Ephraim. He was the son of Telah and the father of Ladan. This genealogy traces the descendants of Ephraim, showing the generations between Ephraim and Joshua. No other details are provided about Tahan's life or role in the tribe. He lived during the time the Israelites were in Egypt.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Telah
Children
Ladan

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    7:25

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