1 Chronicles 1:37
in 1 Chronicles 1The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
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ASV
The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
KJV
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The sons of Esau
on 1 Chronicles 1:35-42
Esau's line and Seir's run together as Edom, the brother nation whose whole later history with Israel stands behind a quiet list of names. The same sorting rule holds: Esau before Israel, the passed-over line completed and closed so that chapter 2 can open with the sons of Israel.
This site's exposition
The sons of Reuel
Reuel was Esau's son by Basemath, according to Genesis 36:4. His four sons match Genesis 36:13. The same four appear as chiefs of Edom in Genesis 36:17, and the name Reuel is also borne by Moses' father-in-law in Exodus 2:18.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Adam was the common father of our flesh, Abraham the common father of the faithful. By the breach which the former made of the covenant of innocency, we were all made miserable; by the covenant of grace made with the latter, we all are, or may be, made happy. We all are, by nature, the seed of Adam, branches of that wild olive.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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;
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The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֖י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְעוּאֵ֑ל | reuel | Reuel | H7467 → | 11 times |
| נַ֥חַת | nachat | Nahath | H5184 → | |
| זֶ֖רַח | zerach | Zerah | H2226 → | 21 times |
| שַׁמָּ֥ה | shamah | Shammah | H8048 → | |
| וּמִזָּֽה׃ ס | umizah | and Mizzah | H4199 → |
בְּנֵ֖י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
רְעוּאֵ֑לReuel
reuelH7467 →11 times
נַ֥חַתNahath
nachatH5184 →
זֶ֖רַחZerah
zerachH2226 →21 times
שַׁמָּ֥הShammah
shamahH8048 →
וּמִזָּֽה׃ סand Mizzah
umizahH4199 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Berean Standard Bible, Genesis 36:4; Berean Standard Bible, Genesis 36:13; Berean Standard Bible, Genesis 36:17; Berean Standard Bible, Exodus 2:18; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.