These are the generations H8435 of Shem: H8035 Shem H8035 was an hundred H3967 years H8141 old, H1121 and begat H3205 Arphaxad H775 two years H8141 after H310 the flood: H3999 And Shem H8035 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Arphaxad H775 five H2568 hundred H3967 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323 And Arphaxad H775 lived H2425 five H2568 and thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Salah: H7974 And Arphaxad H775 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Salah H7974 four H702 hundred H3967 H8141 and three H7969 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323 And Salah H7974 lived H2425 thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Eber: H5677 And Salah H7974 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Eber H5677 four H702 hundred H3967 H8141 and three H7969 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323 And Eber H5677 lived H2421 four H702 and thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Peleg: H6389 And Eber H5677 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Peleg H6389 four H702 hundred H3967 H8141 and thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323 And Peleg H6389 lived H2421 thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Reu: H7466 And Peleg H6389 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Reu H7466 two hundred H3967 H8141 and nine H8672 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323 And Reu H7466 lived H2421 two H8147 and thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Serug: H8286 And Reu H7466 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Serug H8286 two hundred H3967 H8141 and seven H7651 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323 And Serug H8286 lived H2421 thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Nahor: H5152 And Serug H8286 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Nahor H5152 two hundred H3967 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323 And Nahor H5152 lived H2421 nine H8672 and twenty H6242 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Terah: H8646 And Nahor H5152 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Terah H8646 an hundred H3967 H8141 and nineteen H6240 H8672 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323 And Terah H8646 lived H2421 seventy H7657 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Abram, H87 Nahor, H5152 and Haran. H2039
Which was the son of Jacob, G2384 which was the son of Isaac, G2464 which was the son of Abraham, G11 which was the son of Thara, G2291 which was the son of Nachor, G3493 Which was the son of Saruch, G4562 which was the son of Ragau, G4466 which was the son of Phalec, G5317 which was the son of Heber, G1443 which was the son of Sala, G4527 Which was the son of Cainan, G2536 which was the son of Arphaxad, G742 which was the son of Sem, G4590 which was the son of Noe, G3575 which was the son of Lamech, G2984
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Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
CHAPTER 1
1Ch 1:1-23. Adam's Line to Noah.
1. Adam, &c.—"Begat" must be understood. Only that one member of the family is mentioned, who came in the direct order of succession.
4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth—The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
12. Casluhim (of whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorim—a better rendering is, "and Casluhim, of whom came the Philistim and Caphtorim." They were brethren, the sons of Casluhim, and at first dwelt together, whence their names are used interchangeably. The Caphtorim are described as inhabiting Azzah, or Gaza, the seat of the Philistines.
14-17. the Jebusite, &c.—At 1Ch 1:14-17 the names are not those of individuals, but of people who all sprang from Canaan; and as several of them became extinct or were amalgamated with their brethren, their national appellations are given instead of the personal names of their ancestors.
17. Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech—or, "Mash"; these were the children of Aram, and grandsons of Shem (Ge 10:23).
18. Arphaxad begat Shelah—Cainan, the father's name, is omitted here. (See Lu 3:36).
19. Peleg—(See on Ge 10:25).
22. Ebal—or, "Obal" (Ge 10:28).
1Ch 1:24-28. Shem's Line to Abraham.
24-27. Shem, &c.—This comprises a list of ten, inclusive of Abraham.
1Ch 1:29-31. Sons of Ishmael.
29. These are their generations—the heads of his twelve tribes. The great northern desert of Arabia, including the entire neck, was colonized by these tribes; and if we can recover, in the modern geography of this part of the country, Arab tribes bearing the names of those patriarchs, that is, names corresponding with those preserved in the original catalogue of Scripture, we obtain at once so many evidences, not of mere similarity, but of absolute identification [Forster].
Nebaioth—gave rise to the Nabathæans of the classic, and the Beni Nabat of Oriental writers.
Kedar—the Arab tribe, El Khedeyre, on the coast of Hedgar.
Abdeel—Abdilla, the name of a tribe in Yemen.
30. Dumah—Dumah and Tema, the great Arab tribes of Beni Teman. Thus this writer [Historical Geography of Arabia] traces the names of all the heads of the twelve tribes of Ishmael as perpetuated in the clans or tribes of the Arabs in the present day.
1Ch 1:32, 33. Sons of Keturah.
32. sons of Keturah—These became founders of nomadic tribes in the north of Arabia and Syria, as Midian of the Midianites (Ge 36:35; Jud 6:2).
and Shuah—from whom Bildad sprang (Job 2:11).
1Ch 1:34-42. Posterity of Abraham by Esau.
36. sons of Eliphaz—the tribe Adites, in the center country of the Saracens, so called from his mother, Adah (Ge 36:10).
Teman—gave rise to the land of Teman, near the head of the Red Sea.
Omar—the tribe Beni-Amma, settled at the northern point of Djebel Shera (Mount Seir).
Zephi—the tribe Dzaf.
Gatam—Katam, inhabited by the tribe Al Saruat, or "people of Sarah."
Kenaz—the tribe Aenezes, a tribe whose settlement lies in the neighborhood of Syria.
Amalek—the Beni Malak of Zohran, and the Beni Maledj of the Shat el Arab.
37. Reuel—a powerful branch of the great Aeneze tribe, the Rowalla Arabs.
Shammah—the great tribe Beni Shammar. In the same way, the names of the other kings and dukes are traced in the modern tribes of Arabia. But it is unnecessary to mention any more of these obscure nomads, except to notice that Jobab (1Ch 1:44), one of the kings of Edom, is considered to be Job, and that his seat was in the royal city of Dinahab (Ge 36:32; 1Ch 1:43), identified with O'Daeb, a well-known town in the center of Al Dahna, a great northern desert in the direction of Chaldea and the Euphrates [Forster].