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Person Old Testament

Telah

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

Why it matters. Son of Resheph from the tribe of Ephraim

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Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Telah

Telah is mentioned in 1Ch.7.25 as a descendant of Ephraim. He was the son of Resheph and the father of Tahan. This genealogy traces the descendants of Joseph's son Ephraim, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. No other details are provided about Telah's life or role in the tribe. He lived during the time the Israelites were in Egypt or in the early years after the Exodus.

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
Resheph
Children
Tahan

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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