1Ch 1:1-18 - Commentary

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Text -- 1 Chronicles 1:1-18 (NET)

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Adam’s Descendants

1:1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 1:2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jered, 1:3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Japheth’s Descendants

1:5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 1:6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 1:7 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

Ham’s Descendants

1:8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 1:9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 1:10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth. 1:11 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 1:12 Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines descended), and the Caphtorites. 1:13 Canaan was the father of Sidon– his firstborn– and Heth, 1:14 as well as the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 1:15 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 1:16 Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

Shem’s Descendants

1:17 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 1:18 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Adam the father of Cain, Abel, Seth and all mankind,the original man created by God,a town on the Jordan at the mouth of the Jabbok (OS)

· Amorites members of a pre-Israel Semitic tribe from Mesopotamia

· Anamim a clan of people descended from Egypt son of Ham son of Noah

· Aram the country to the north of Palestine,a country of north western Mesopotamia

· Arkites members of a Canaanite tribe on the coast of Palestine

· Arvadites a resident of the region of Arvad

· Ashkenaz son of Gomer son of Japheth son of Noah,a people of the northern shore of the Black Sea

· Asshur a country of northern Mesopotamia

· Canaan the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River

· Caphtorim a people who were descendants of Egypt son of Ham son of Noah

· Casluhim a people who were descendants of Egypt son of Ham son of Noah

· Cush a country south of Egypt

· Dedan an island off the southwest coast of Asia Minor in the Mediterranean Sea,an island on the south coast of Turkey, 170 km NE of Crete

· Eber a son of Shelah; the father of Peleg; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Shelah (Arpachshad Aram Shem Noah),a nation: poetic description of Israel,son of Abihail; a founding father of one of the clans of Gad,son of Elpaal of Benjamin,son of Shashak of Benjamin,a priest and head of the clan of Amok under High Priest Joiakim

· Egypt descendants of Mizraim

· Elam son of Shem son of Noah,a country east of the Tigris and Babylon in the territory of Media,son of Shashak of Benjamin,son of Meshelemiah; a Levite gatekeeper,a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon; Elam I,forefather of exile returnees with Zerubbabel; Elam II,forefather of returnees headed by Jeshaiah,forefather of Shecaniah who had to put away his heathen wife,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law,a priest who helped Nehemiah dedicate the new wall of Jerusalem

· Elishah son of Javan son of Japheth son of Noah,a nation of trading people somewhere around the Great Sea (ZD)

· Enoch a son of Jared; the father of Methuselah; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Cain son of Adam,a town named after Enoch by his father Cain,son of Jared of Seth; father of Methuselah

· Enosh son of Seth son of Adam and Eve

· Gether son of Aram; (grand)son of Shem son of Noah

· Girgashite members of a clan of Canaan

· Gomer son of Japheth son of Noah,son of Japheth; father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, & Togarmah clans,a nation; probably the Cimmerians of eastern Asia Minor (OS),daughter of Diblaim; wife of Hosea

· Ham a man and nation; son of Noah,a country occupied by the descendants of Ham

· Hamathites residents of the town of Hamath

· Havilah son of Cush son of Ham son of Noah,son of Joktan of Shem,a region encircled by the Pishon River,a place whose exact position is unknown

· Heth son of Canaan son of Ham son of Noah

· Hivite a person/people descended from Canaan son of Ham son of Noah

· Hul son of Aram; (grand)son of Shem son of Noah

· Japheth son of Noah

· Jared a son of Mahalalel; the father of Enoch; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Ma-Halalel son of Kenan

· Javan son of Japheth son of Noah,a nation, namely Greece (OS)

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Verse Notes / Footnotes NET Notes

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:4 Shem, Ham, and Japheth were Noah’s three sons (Gen 6:10).

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:6 Many medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX and Vulgate, read “Riphath” (see Gen 10:3). This is followed by several English translations ...

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:7 Heb “Kittim and Rodanim.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:8 That is, “Egypt.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:10 Heb “he began to be a mighty warrior in the earth.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:12 Heb “came forth.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 1:17 The MT of the parallel geneaology in Gen 10:23 reads “Mash,” but the LXX there reads “Meshech” in agreement with 1 Chr 1:17.

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