Commentary for Ezra 2:59
וְאֵ֗לֶּה הָֽעֹלִים֙ מִתֵּ֥ל מֶ֙לַח֙ תֵּ֣ל חַרְשָׁ֔א כְּר֥וּב אַדָּ֖ן אִמֵּ֑ר וְלֹ֣א יָֽכְל֗וּ לְהַגִּ֤יד בֵּית־אֲבוֹתָם֙ וְזַרְעָ֔ם אִ֥ם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הֵֽם׃
And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not tell their fathers’houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
Rashi on Ezra
And these were the ones who ascended from Tel-Mela, etc. And what incident happened to them? They could not tell....
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Rashi on Ezra
and their children [i.e., the children] of their fathers, because they lost their genealogical records and did not know if they were Israelites.
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