seekeroftruth
Well-Known Member
1 Chronicles 1:1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.
4 The sons of Noah:[a]
Shem, Ham and Japheth.
4 The sons of Noah:[a]
Shem, Ham and Japheth.
1 Chronicles 1:4 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this line.
Well, I made it to a new book! Immediately I learned something. I've read through the Bible a couple of times but I didn't get it. When I got to these long lists of names.... I just jumped forward. The Bible is full of different authors telling the same story in different ways. So sometimes, like in Deuteronomy, or Leviticus, the reading is boring but I can learn something anyway. Right off the bat here... I learned that Chronicles isn't just about the kings. It's a history lesson.... This history lesson begins with Adam and in three verses... it moved right out of Eden and into the flood.
This is from the easy English site.
The writer sets out to show that the exiles are God’s people, Israel. The people who had come back from exile needed to find their origins. They needed to connect again with their past as the nation called Israel. To assist them in this the writer records the history of their families. He starts at the beginning with Adam, the first man. He makes a list of the 10 names from Adam to Noah. It is the same as the list in Genesis chapter 5.
The list is of the ancestors of Israel. The list does not mention the other sons and their families. They all died in the flood. So, Noah was the ancestor of all people.
The list is of the ancestors of Israel. The list does not mention the other sons and their families. They all died in the flood. So, Noah was the ancestor of all people.
This is the blueletterbible.org commentary.
Adam, Seth, Enosh: The opening verse of the Books of Chronicles indicates something of their focus. We know that Adam and Eve actually had three sons by name (Genesis 4:1-2, 4:25) plus many other unnamed sons and daughters (Genesis 5:4). Yet in this first verse we read nothing of Cain or Abel; only of Seth. This indicates that the Chronicler was inspired by God to make a selective genealogy for a specific purpose.
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: This father and his three sons - each survivors of the flood - became the basis for the nations in the post-flood world.
The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles were originally one book, and focus historically on King David and his dynasty after him. The actual history begins with the death of Saul, but the stage is set with these genealogical tables. The story continues until the return of the exiles from the Babylonian captivity, leading many to think that the Books were written by Ezra or at least in his time.
"Since Chronicles appears to be the work of an individual writer, who was a Levitical leaders, some identification with Ezra the priest and scribe (Ezra 7:1-6) appears possible from the outset." (Payne)
"The principle design of the writer appears to have been this: to point out, from the public registers, which were still preserved, what had been the state of the different families previously to the captivity, that at their return they might enter on and repossess their respective inheritances. He enters particularly into the functions, genealogies, families, and orders of the priests and Levites; and this was peculiarly necessary after the return from the captivity, to the end that the worship of God might be conducted in the same was as before, and the by the proper legitimate persons." (Clarke)
"These books of the CHRONICLES are not the same which are so called, 1 Kings 14:19, and elsewhere, (because some passages said to be there mentioned are not found here,) but other books, and written by other persons, and for other ends." (Poole)
"It was not in fact until the fourth century that A.D. that Jerome, the famous Bible translator, first applied the term 'Chronicle' to these books.... The mediating influence came from Luther, whose German title, Die Chronika, passed into English with Bible translations proliferated during the Reformation period." (Selman)
"Since Chronicles appears to be the work of an individual writer, who was a Levitical leaders, some identification with Ezra the priest and scribe (Ezra 7:1-6) appears possible from the outset." (Payne)
"The principle design of the writer appears to have been this: to point out, from the public registers, which were still preserved, what had been the state of the different families previously to the captivity, that at their return they might enter on and repossess their respective inheritances. He enters particularly into the functions, genealogies, families, and orders of the priests and Levites; and this was peculiarly necessary after the return from the captivity, to the end that the worship of God might be conducted in the same was as before, and the by the proper legitimate persons." (Clarke)
"These books of the CHRONICLES are not the same which are so called, 1 Kings 14:19, and elsewhere, (because some passages said to be there mentioned are not found here,) but other books, and written by other persons, and for other ends." (Poole)
"It was not in fact until the fourth century that A.D. that Jerome, the famous Bible translator, first applied the term 'Chronicle' to these books.... The mediating influence came from Luther, whose German title, Die Chronika, passed into English with Bible translations proliferated during the Reformation period." (Selman)
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: This father and his three sons - each survivors of the flood - became the basis for the nations in the post-flood world.
The span from Adam to Noah and his sons is common to all humanity. This first chapter is "A summary of the 'generations' of Genesis, from Adam to Edom/Esau, shows that all the nations were God's creation and therefore part of his special purpose for Israel." (Selman)
When I started this plunge through the Bible from Genesis right through..... I was trying to figure out who in the world is fighting in the middle east. Since I started reading and posting .... Israel has been fired on and defended themselves. I'm trying to understand the people in the region.... and the Bible is an excellent way to meet them all.
So.... forget about all those people who came before Noah. They didn't make it. Now there's only the three sons of Noah....
Hello Shem, Ham, and Japheth..... where did your families go?
